McAfee 5 manual What Identity Protector Does, Why should I change my Cookie Blocker settings?

Getting Started with McAfee Internet Security 5.0

Why should I change my Cookie Blocker settings?

If you want a good level of privacy protection without having to see any Cookie Blocker alert messages, configure your settings to always accept cookies from sites that you visit directly; and to always block cookies from sites that you haven’t visited directly.

If you ...	Then choose this option.
Want the least	w Reject for both Direct Sites and Indirect Sites.
number of cookies	If a site requires you to accept a cookie, you can change
set and highest
	this setting temporarily to Prompt.
assurance of privacy.
Always want to know	w Prompt for both Direct Sites and Indirect Sites. Be
when cookies are	prepared to respond to a large number of alert
sent.	messages.
	After you respond to the Cookie Blocker alert message,
	you won’t see additional alert messages for that site.
Are not concerned at	w Either turn off Cookie Blocker or change the Indirect
all about cookies.	Sites setting to Accept.
	You should choose the second method if you want to
	keep a total of the cookies added to your PC, which you
	can view in the Browser Buddy.

What Identity Protector Does

It is easy to forget that when you send information over the Internet, it doesn’t go directly from your computer to the computer that is storing the Web page information. Instead, the information can pass through many computers before it reaches its final destination.

Identity Protector can keep your software from sending any personal information over the Internet to an unsecure site. Although you don’t have to worry about a site when it using a secure connection, there are many Web sites that use a secure connection only when dealing with credit card transactions.

If more than one person is using your computer, make sure that you create a McAfee Internet Security password. If the person using your computer doesn’t enter the McAfee Internet Security password, it automatically replaces any protected personal information sent to an unsecure site with the text, “xxxx.” For example, if your child tries to order an item online without entering your McAfee Internet Security password, it replaces your credit card number with xxxx xxxx xxxx.”

Identity Protector offers three optional responses whenever an application tries to send out information over the Internet to an unsecure site:

nLet the information go out.

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