McAfee Anti-Theft Help

Turn file protection on or off

File protection automatically encrypts the files in your My Documents folder, and all your Microsoft Office files (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Microsoft Money files, and Intuit Quicken files—so that only you can open them. We recommend that you keep file protection on. If you turn it off, your important files are vulnerable in the event of loss or theft.

Certain file types in My Documents can't be encrypted, including .amv, .mgv, .jnt, .jtp, .mov, .mpeg, .mpeg4, .exe, and .tmp. Not all subscriptions include file protection.
1 Log in to the Anti-Theft Web Console.
2 Make sure your device is in normal mode.
3 Click Settings.
4 From Lock settings, under File protection, do one of the following:
To turn off file protection, deselect Protect your device's important files.
To turn on file protection, select Protect your device's important files.
5 Click Save.
It might take several minutes to save the changes to your device because your device must first connect to the Internet and then sync with your account. If you want to sync now, open McAfee Anti-Theft from your device's desktop and click Sync on the Home Page.