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McAfee Firewall

McAfee Firewall is a simple-to-operate security tool for the non-technical 
users. It dynamically manages your computing security behind the scenes, so 
that you do not even have to understand networking protocols. It is custom 
created at the moment it is needed, and only as needed, as you go on to do 
something else on your computer.

McAfee Firewall filters traffic at the devices that your system uses - network 
cards and modems. This means that it can reject inbound traffic before that 
traffic can reach vital functions in your PC and before it can waste valuable 
system resources. 

It monitors applications that are either trusted or not trusted. When trusted 
applications need to access a network, it manages everything in the computer 
to allow that application’s traffic. When it detects non-trusted applications 
trying to access a network, it blocks all traffic to and from that application. 

Some network communications are needed to maintain network-based 
services. These are managed through user defined rules under the SYSTEM 
button feature of McAfee Firewall. The default SYSTEM settings feature  
provides protection from hostile threats. 

In addition, during the installation process, it will prompt you with some basic 
questions to set up McAfee Firewall to do specific tasks, according to your  
needs (e.g. allow sharing of files or not). 

For more information on how McAfee Firewall works, see 

This Getting Started manual provides the basic information you need to 
install, setup and use McAfee Firewall. More detailed information on 
step-by-step instructions on how to perform a task within McAfee Firewall is 
provided via the Help files which you can access while working within the 
different windows and dialog boxes. You can also review the Readme.txt file 
which contain other general information ( e.g., frequently asked questions) 
about the product.