McAfee firewall 4.0 Benutzerhandbuch

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McAfee Firewall 4.0

This region of the Home page displays the current running state of McAfee 
Firewall. It is either running or not running.

The Network Traffic monitor displays a graphic representation of real-time 
network activity. The monitor is color-coded to help you identify normal 
network traffic, port scans, and worst of all, attacks.

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: Activity displayed in this zone is normal network activity. 

It is not uncommon to see activity in this zone reaching the yellow area.

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: This is the caution zone. You can view the Activity Log to 

analyze data for this traffic. Activity in the yellow zone could represent 
a port scan.

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: Red represents the worst level of network activity and usually 

represents an attack. You can view the details of the attack by accessing 
McAfee Firewall Activity Log. If this the attacker’s IP address is 
available, you can attempt to trace the attacker using McAfee Firewall’s 
Visual Trace component.

The Task pane displays links that allow you to start McAfee Firewall’s Tasks 
and Advanced Tasks. Depending upon your configuration, the Task pane 
may or may not display a McAfee list. The McAfee list displays links that 
allow you start the Home page of any other current McAfee product installed 
in your computer.

Starting a task is as easy as clicking its link. The Task list allows you to start 
McAfee Firewall’s major components. Although the tasks you can perform 
will vary based upon your computer’s operating system and its configuration, 
primary tasks include:

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: This task allows you to explicitly block or 

allow specific programs to access the Internet.

McAfee Firewall is Running

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Click Stop McAfee Firewall to disable 
firewall protection.

McAfee Firewall is Stopped

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Click Start McAfee Firewall to enable 
firewall protection.