Getting Started with McAfee Internet Security 5.0
You can respond to the Internet access alert message in the following ways:
If you choose ... | Then McAfee Internet Security ... |
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This time only | w allows the program to access the Internet this time only |
| and warns you the next time it tries to access the |
| Internet. |
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Allow always | w allows the program to access the Internet at any time. |
| In Protection Settings for Gatekeeper, the program is |
| added to the list of programs allowed to automatically |
| access the Internet. If you decide later that you do not |
| want this program to use your Internet connection, |
| select its name and click Remove. |
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Not this time | w prevents the program from accessing the Internet. This |
| choice stays in effect until the next time you restart |
| Windows or for Internet Explorer 4 users, until you close |
| your browser. Use this option if you want McAfee |
| Internet Security to warn you the next time the program |
| tries to access the Internet. |
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Harmful Site Alert Message
Before you can connect to a harmful site, McAfee Internet Security displays an alert message, “Your browser is visiting Sitename, a Web site that may harm your PC or data.”
You must immediately close your browser to end your browser’s connection to this site. The faster you close your browser, the less time the site has to transfer harmful data to your PC.
If you want to view the Web site anyway, click Continue.
Program Starts Another Program Message
When another program starts to run another program, McAfee Internet Security checks to see if you’ve authorized this action. If you haven’t allowed the program to always open the other program, McAfee Internet Security displays an alert message.
You can respond to the alert message in the following ways:
...If you choose | Then McAfee Internet Security ... |
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Allow always | w allows the program to start the other program. |
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