Index

A
Access Protection, see Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware
access to the Internet
allowing and blocking
permission settings
security levels, Personal Firewall
address book, adding to Friends List
advanced settings
alerts and notifications
Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware
informational, showing or hiding
Personal Firewall alerts
security events, My Home Network
Smart Advice settings
types of alerts
Anti-Spam
email programs, supported
false positives and false negatives
filtering levels
filtering rules, specifying
Friends List
spam and phishing protection
troubleshooting
turning off spam protection
viewing logs and history
web and email protection
webmail accounts, filtering
webmail filtering
Anti-Spam toolbar
adding to Friends List
marking a message
Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware
custom scan
detected items
managing
exclude a file from a scan
exclude a folder from a scan
full scan
infected items
manual scan
potentially unwanted programs
quarantined items
quick scan
remove an item from the exclusion list
scanning options
scanning your PC
scheduled scans
startup options
Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware
Access Protection, using
alerts
quarantined items
real-time scans
Virus Information Library
Virus Map
automatic cleaning schedule, see McAfee QuickClean tool
automatic scans
automatic updates
checking for updates
setting update options
turning on and off
B
bandwidth, see Personal Firewall
browsers, filtering webmail
buffer overflow protection
C
character sets, see spam protection
cleaning schedule, see McAfee QuickClean tool
custom scan
exclude a file
exclude a folder
D
data protection
McAfee QuickClean tool
McAfee Shredder tool
default settings
automatic PC cleaning
automatic updates
restoring, Personal Firewall
detections
events, viewing
managing detected items
potentially malicious programs
potentially unwanted programs
setting up Attack Detection in Personal Firewall
viewing reports
device management, see PC and device management
disks, destroying contents of
drawers, see Home Page
E
email protection
filtering, Anti-Spam
how Anti-Spam works
managing filtered email
events
Internet security, HackerWatch website
logging
setup for logging
statistics, viewing
viewing
excluding items from scans
exclude a file
exclude a folder
F
false positives and false negatives
about
managing filtered email
marking a message
features
Anti-Spam
understanding your protection
file removal
filtering levels, Anti-Spam
filtering rules, Anti-Spam
managing custom filters
sending filtered email to McAfee
specifying
standard and custom
webmail accounts
filters
for email and spam
for language and character sets
floppy disks, destroying contents of
Friends List
adding address book contacts
adding friends and domains manually
managing
using the Anti-Spam toolbar
H
HackerWatch website
about
event tracking
port activity, viewing
statistics, viewing
tutorial
Home Page
alerts
automatic updates
getting started
Navigation Center
protection drawers
protection status
security history, viewing
I
icons, My Home Network
infected items, see Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware
installation
My Home Network
on remote PCs
Internet security
about
Virus Information Library
Virus Map
invitations for trust, see trust invitations
L
language and character sets, see spam protection
logs and history
viewing events
webmail filtering
M
management
detected items, viewing scan report
email protection
Friends List, Anti-Spam
Internet access
PC connections
program permissions
remote PCs and devices
security levels in Personal Firewall
spam and phishing protection
McAfee QuickClean tool
about
automatic cleaning schedule
cleaning your PC
items that can be cleaned
setting up
McAfee Shredder tool
about
privacy protection
shredding files, folders, and disks
media, destroying contents of
memory, buffer overflow protection
My Home Network
alerts
file and printer sharing
glossary
icons on the network map
installing on remote PCs
leaving the home network
managing PCs and devices
network map, viewing
overcrowded network, fixing
renaming devices
security vulnerabilities, fixing
setting up a home network
stop trusting a PC
trust invitations
trusting PCs
viewing devices
N
Navigation Center, Home Page
network management
glossary
My Home Network
network map
accessing
hiding offline PCs and devices
icons
refreshing
viewing devices on a home network
O
options, setting
Anti-Spam
automatic updates
custom scan
filtering rules, Anti-Spam
McAfee QuickClean tool
My Home Network
Personal Firewall
real-time scanning
removable media drives
startup
P
PC and device management
editing device name or type
removing trust
trust invitations
PC optimization tools
McAfee QuickClean tool
McAfee Shredder tool
PC protection
at startup
connections, managing
fixing problems
HackerWatch website
shredding unwanted files
status of protection
trust levels
PC scans, see scanning PCs
performance
deleting unwanted items
permissions
deleting unwanted files
Personal Firewall
access, security levels and
alerts
allow or block Internet connections
bandwidth, monitoring
block risky connections
customizing
default settings, restoring
event logging
HackerWatch website
incoming and outgoing traffic, analyzing
locking and unlocking security levels
managing PC connections
PC protection at startup
ping requests
program activity, monitoring
security levels
setup
Smart Advice
system services
Traffic Analysis graph
traffic monitoring
trust levels
turning protection on and off
UDP tracking
ports, Personal Firewall
access, allowing and blocking
removing
setting up new
system services and
potentially unwanted programs
privacy protection, see McAfee Shredder tool
program permissions
allowing full access
blocking access
managing
outgoing access
removing
protection drawers on the Home Page
protection settings
buffer overflow
home network
spam and phishing
protection status
"secure" (green) and "at risk" (red)
about
checking for updates, Home Page
getting started, Home Page
Q
quarantined items
deleting
restoring
sending to McAfee
viewing
R
real-time scanning
setting options
turning on and off
Recycle Bin
deleting files
remote PCs
installing McAfee protection
managing on a home network
removing items from the trusted list
removing trust from
trusting on a home network
removable media drives
setting options
remove an item from the exclusion list
remove a file
remove a folder
reports, viewing
S
scanning options, see scanning PCs
scanning PCs
about
custom scan
deleting infected items
full scan
manual scan
quick scan
real-time scanning
real-time scans, turning on and off
running a scan
scan details, viewing
scan progress, viewing
scan results, viewing
scheduled scans, turning on and off
working with scan results
scheduled scan
exclude a file
exclude a folder
scheduled scans
security levels, Personal Firewall
about
locking and unlocking
setting
types of
security vulnerabilities, see troubleshooting
setup and settings
Attack Detection, Personal Firewall
automatic cleaning schedule
automatic updates, Home Page
custom scan options
event logging
firewall protection
McAfee QuickClean tool
My Home Network
ping requests
real-time scanning
remote connections to your PC
removable media drives
Smart Advice alerts
spam protection
startup
system services and ports
UDP tracking
Smart Advice
about
configuring alerts
decide automatically
decide when prompted
setting up
turning off
spam protection
filtering levels
filtering rules, standard and custom
language and character sets
setting up and managing
turning off
startup options, see scanning PCs
setting options
system service ports, Personal Firewall
about
allowing and blocking access
removing
setting up new
T
threats
managing detected items
spam and phishing
viewing scan results
toolbar, see Anti-Spam toolbar
tools
Internet traffic monitoring
McAfee QuickClean tool
McAfee Shredder tool
traffic monitoring, see Personal Firewall
troubleshooting
automatic updates is off
firewall protection is off or not installed
fixing protection problems
overcrowded network, fixing
scheduled scans and performance
security vulnerabilities, fixing
send filtered email to McAfee
send quarantined items to McAfee
stop filtering webmail
subscription has expired
turn firewall protection off
turning off real-time scanning
turning off spam protection
turning off the Anti-Spam toolbar
trust invitations, My Home Network
accepting
rejecting
sending
trusted email addresses and domains, see Friends List
trusted items
removing items
viewing
trusted PCs and devices
hiding, on the network map
marking a PC
network map, managing
removing trust
viewing, on the network map
U
unsolicited email, Anti-Spam
unwanted files
deleting
updates
automatic from the Home Page
Home Page, protection status
spam filtering rules
V
Virus Information Library
Virus Map
W
web and email protection
how Anti-Spam works
spam protection levels
webmail
filtered, managing
filtering rules
managing
spam and phishing protection for
stop filtering an account
viewing logs and history
whitelists, Anti-Spam
Friends List