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McAfee Help McAfee AntiVirus Plus McAfee Internet Security McAfee Total Protection software McAfee for Windows 8 (Metro) Understanding your protection status in Windows 8 Metro How McAfee keeps you safe Home Page Home Page features Using the Home Page Getting started with the Home Page Understanding your protection status Understanding your protection drawers Understanding your protection features Install a protection feature Using the Navigation Center Open the Navigation Center Managing your subscription Review your subscription Activate your product Verify your subscription Renewing your subscription Renew your subscription Deactivate your software Reactivate your software Frequently asked questions How protection updates keep you safe Staying protected with automatic updates Check for updates Choose your update options Turn off automatic updates Fixing protection problems Fix a protection problem Working with alerts Understanding the alert types Showing or hiding informational alerts Show or hide informational alerts Setting general options Set general options Viewing your security history View a security event View a security report Checking the threat map Check the threat map Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware features Working with alerts Using scans Run a quick scan Run a full scan Run a custom scan Run a manual scan Scanning your PC View scan progress View scan results Working with scan results Managing detected items Delete infected items Review potentially unwanted programs Complete a scan View scan details Managing quarantined and trusted items View quarantined and trusted items Delete quarantined items Remove items from the trusted list Restore quarantined items Send quarantined items to McAfee Setting real-time scanning options Buffer overflow protection Set real-time scanning options Turn off real-time scanning Turn on real-time scanning Use Access Protection Set startup options Setting custom scan options Set custom scan options Setting a scan schedule Schedule automatic scans Turn off scheduled scanning Turn on scheduled scanning Excluding items from your scans Exclude a file Exclude a folder Remove an item from the exclusion list Learning about Internet security Launch the Virus Information Library Launch the Virus Map Personal Firewall Personal Firewall features Starting Personal Firewall Turn firewall protection off Turn firewall protection on Working with alerts Setting up Personal Firewall protection Restore Personal Firewall settings Managing Personal Firewall security types Personal Firewall security types Set your security type Changing advanced settings Smart Advice settings Set Smart Advice to decide automatically Set Smart Advice to ask me to decide Turn off Smart Advice Change startup settings Change settings for ping requests Change settings for UDP tracking Customizing Personal Firewall security Set up Intrusion Protection Change settings for Protection Alerts Block risky connections Allow or block Internet connections Blocking and restoring Internet access Set the security type to Lockdown Restore Internet access Managing Internet connections for programs Program settings Allow full access for a program Allow outgoing access for a program Block access for a program Remove a program's permissions Block a program from connecting to risky sites Managing PC connections Management of PC connections Trust levels for PC connections Add a PC connection Edit a PC connection Remove a PC connection About system services Setting up system service ports System services and ports Allow access to an existing system service port Block access to an existing system service port Set up a new system service port Remove a system service port Event Logging Change settings for event logging View events Viewing HackerWatch statistics View global security event statistics View global Internet port activity Monitoring Internet traffic Internet traffic monitoring tools About the Traffic Analysis graph Analyze incoming and outgoing traffic Monitor program bandwidth Monitor program activity Learning about Internet security Launch the HackerWatch tutorial Parental Controls Parental Controls features Understanding content categories in Parental Controls Setting up Parental Controls Set your administrator password Change your administrator password Protect your Windows users Remove a user's protection settings Assigning an age group Assigning a user to an age group Assign a user to an age group Allow a content category Block a content category Allow only Kid Safe websites Using safe searching Understanding safe searching Turn on safe searching Allowing and blocking websites Allow a website Block a website Remove a filtered website Limiting time spent online Create an online schedule Check your PC's time zone Viewing the Parental Controls report View the Parental Controls report Anti-Spam Anti-Spam features How Anti-Spam works Setting up spam protection Setting options for filtering Change the filtering level Define how to handle spam Add, edit, or remove filters for character sets Mark a message manually Using custom filters Add, edit or remove custom filters Specify custom filtering rules Filtering webmail accounts Add a webmail account to the webmail filtering rules Specify webmail filtering rules Change an entry in the webmail filtering rules Stop filtering a webmail account Managing filtered email View, delete, or move filtered webmail View security history Send your filtered email to McAfee Managing your Friends List Add contacts from your address book Add a friend to your Friends List with the Anti-Spam toolbar Add a friend or domain to your Friends List manually Change an entry in your Friends List Remove a friend or domain from your Friends List Turning off spam protection Turn off spam protection Remove the Anti-Spam toolbar My Home Network My Home Network features Network management terms Understanding My Home Network icons Working with alerts Setting up a home network File and printer sharing Working with the network map Access the network map Refresh the network map Hide offline PCs and devices in the network map View PC or device details Edit a PC name Rename a device or change its type Stop trusting the home network Managing your home network Trust a PC on the home network Accept a trust invitation Reject a trust invitation Remove trust Mark as intruder Unmark as intruder Remotely managing PCs and devices Set up automatic notifications Install McAfee protection on remote PCs Fixing security vulnerabilities Fix security vulnerabilities Fix an overcrowded network McAfee QuickClean tool McAfee QuickClean tool features Cleaning your PC Set up the McAfee QuickClean tool Set an automatic cleaning schedule Clean your PC Preview items to clean View the McAfee QuickClean tool progress View the McAfee QuickClean tool results McAfee Shredder tool McAfee Shredder tool features Shredding files, folders, and disks Shred files, folders, and disks Run a manual shred View the McAfee Shredder tool results McAfee Online Backup File Lock File Lock features Setting up File Lock Managing your subscription Working with vaults Create a vault Lock a vault Unlock a vault Set automatic locking for your vaults Rename a vault Change your vault's password Reset your vault's password Delete a vault Delete a file in your vault Access an external vault Store a file in your vault Access a file in your vault Moving and backing up vaults Release Notes