86Guarding against intrusion attempts

Customize Intrusion Detection

safe behavior, you can create an exclusion for the attack signature that matches the benign activity.

wEach exclusion that you create leaves your computer vulnerable to attacks. Be very selective when excluding attacks. Only exclude behavior that is always benign.

To exclude attack signatures from being monitored 1 Open Norton Personal Firewall.

2 In the Security Center, double-click Intrusion Detection.

3 In the Intrusion Detection window, click Signatures.

4In the Signatures list, select the attack signature that you want to exclude.

5Click Exclude.

6When you are done excluding signatures, click OK.

If you have excluded attack signatures that you want to monitor again, you can include them in the list of active signatures.

To include attack signatures

1Open Norton Personal Firewall.

2In the Security Center, double-click Intrusion Detection.

3In the Intrusion Detection window, click Signatures.

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