Using Norton Personal Firewall™
| Getting Started | Working with Firewall Features | Reviewing Statistics | Checking Service Status |
Getting Started
Norton Personal Firewall is your first line of protection against hackers. It automatically locks out intruders and protects your identity and data while you’re on the Internet.
Norton Personal Firewall contains several features to help protect your assets from potential harm:
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The Intrusion Prevention feature prevents attacks on your computer based on recognised attack signatures.
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The Privacy Control feature helps protect your privacy by providing several levels of control over cookies and other information that the browser sends to web sites.
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The Security feature controls permissions to Internet communications, ActiveX controls, and Java applets.
Use the Online Protection Dashboard to get an overview of the current Norton Personal Firewall status, as well as to access the application.
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Here’s How
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Launch the Online Protection Dashboard, then click Norton Personal Firewall to open its display.
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In the display you can see the inbound and outbound traffic. Click the Access Firewall button to access Norton Personal Firewall application details.
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Click the Personal Firewall button to verify its status and configure the application.
What’s Next
To ensure Norton Personal Firewall meets your protection needs, first configure the features that you want to use and then monitor the application with statistics and service status.
Words to Know
- ActiveX controls: a set of rules that can be automatically downloaded and executed by a web browser that control how applications should share information.
- Attack signature: a unique arrangement of information that can be used to identify an attacker’s attempt to exploit a known operating system or application vulnerability.
- Hacker: an individual who uses his knowledge of networks and computer systems to gain unauthorised access to computer systems.
- Identity: your BT Username or Yahoo! ID. Your identity is closely tied to your Yahoo! profile. You can have more than one identity and choose which one your contacts see.
- Java applet: a program written in the Java programming language that can be included in an HTML page. When you view a page that contains an applet, the applet’s code is transferred to your system and executed by the browser.