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Norton Personal Firewall basics
Access Norton Personal Firewall
2On the Windows XP taskbar, click Start > More Programs > Norton Personal Firewall > Norton Personal Firewall.
2On the Windows desktop,
Access Norton Personal Firewall from the system tray
Norton Personal Firewall adds an icon to the Windows system tray. On most computers, the system tray is at the far right of the Windows taskbar at the bottom of your screen. Click this icon to open a menu containing frequently used Norton Personal Firewall tools.
To use the Norton Personal Firewall system tray menu
1In the system tray,
2In the menu that appears, select an item. Items in the menu include:
Norton Personal Firewall
Hide/View Alert Tracker
Block Traffic
Opens a Norton Personal Firewall window.
Displays or hides the Alert Tracker.
See “Use Alert Tracker” on page 41.
Immediately stops all incoming and outgoing information.
See “Stop Internet communication with Block Traffic” on page 44.