Norton Personal Firewall basics
Customize Norton Personal Firewall
Customize Norton Personal Firewall
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The default Norton Personal Firewall settings should provide adequate protection for most users. If you need to make changes, use the Options menu to access Norton Personal Firewall options. The options let you control more advanced settings.
wIf you are using Windows 2000/XP and you do not have Local Administrator access, you cannot change Norton Personal Firewall options.
To customize Norton Personal Firewall 1 Open Norton Personal Firewall.
2 At the top of the Security Center, click Options.
3 Select the tab on which you want to change options.
About General options
General options let you control when Norton Personal Firewall runs, protect program settings with a password, and choose visual elements you want to display.
About LiveUpdate options
See “Keeping current with LiveUpdate” on page 53.
LiveUpdate options let you enable and disable Automatic LiveUpdate, which automatically checks for Norton Personal Firewall updates when you are connected to the Internet. For maximum security, you should leave this option checked.
You can choose the Norton Personal Firewall components you want Automatic LiveUpdate to monitor. You can also choose whether Automatic LiveUpdate updates the components in the background or alerts you that there are updates available.
About Firewall options
Firewall options let you activate advanced protection features and customize the ports your computer uses to view Web pages. Most people will not need to make any changes to these settings.
