McAfee firewall 4.0 Benutzerhandbuch

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McAfee Firewall 4.0

Examines your firewall security settings, allowing you to rectify weaker 
settings before hackers get a chance to exploit them. The McAfee Firewall 
Settings Security Check flags and suggests changes to help you keep your 
system set to optimal security. 

If Security Check detects an issue, click Fix and McAfee Firewall helps you 
analyze and correct potential problems.

Helps make setting up protections for your PCs sharing an Internet connection 
a breeze, providing helpful wizards to walk you through the process. 

All networking media and hardware (such as cables and network adapters) 
must be installed in each computer in order for this wizard to locate your 
computers.

Prevent others from tampering with your firewall settings by locking access to 
them with password security. Also helps keep your firewall protections secure 
by preventing the firewall from being shut down without your password.

Visual Trace is a multi-purpose Internet tool used for finding information and 
trouble-shooting connection problems.

At the simplest level Visual Trace shows you how packets (data) get from your 
computer to another computer on the Internet. You see all the nodes 
(equipment of various types on the Internet that is passing traffic) between 
your computer and the trace target.

There are many situations where you need this information. Visual Trace is a 
useful tool when troubleshooting connections or just verifying that everything 
is working OK. There is also a wealth of information presented by Visual 
Trace, including the domain owners, relative locations, and in many cases, the 
location of nodes.

Besides using Visual Trace to look for weak spots in a connection you can use 
it to:

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Discover whether you can't reach a site due to a failure at your Internet 
Service Provider (ISP) or further into the Internet