McAfee Firewall
Program configuration
During your first attempt to start McAfee Firewall, the Configuration Assistant asked you to identify programs that you want to allow to communicate. At such time, McAfee Firewall created a default set of communication rules for the programs (applications); designated as allowed to communicate.
Based upon the type of program, for example, Internet browsers,
Firewall Communication Alert Messages
A McAfee Firewall Communication Alert message displays if an unrecognized program attempts to communicate. There are several scenarios that could cause a program to be unrecognized.
nIf you install a program that communicates via the Internet after installing McAfee Firewall, the program’s first attempt to communicate will cause an alert message to display.
nAlthough the Configuration Assistant performs a thorough analysis of your computer’s programs that use the Internet to communicate, it may not have been able to identify all of your computer’s programs that use the Internet to communicate.
If an unrecognized program attempts to communicate, the resulting alert message generally asks you to select one of the following options:
nNo, deny at this time: Blocks the program’s current and all future attempts to communicate. The active program is added to the trusted list of programs with an allowed state of “blocked.”
nYes, allow this time: The active attempt to communicate is allowed. The program is not added to the trusted programs list.
nIf you recognize the program and do not want to receive any future alerts for this program, check the I recognize this program check box.
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If you allow or block a program the first time you are prompted, McAfee Firewall provides you with the flexibility to change this setting and block or allow it to communicate at any time in the future. As you exit McAfee Firewall, your settings are saved and will be the same the next time it is run.
80 McAfee Internet Security 5.0
