User manual AVG INTERNET SECURITY 9

[. . . ] AVG 9 Internet Security User Manual Document revision 90. 16 (19. 11. 2009) C opyright AVG Technologies C Z, s. r. o. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, C opyright (C ) 1991-2, RSA Data Security, Inc. This product uses code from C -SaC zech library, C opyright (c) 1996-2001 Jaromir Dolecek (dolecek@ics. muni. cz). This product uses compression library zlib, C opyright (c) 1995-2002 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler. [. . . ] If you select to install the toolbar during the installation of AVG 9 Internet Security, it will be added into your web browser automatically. AVG Security Toolbar can be used to control Link Scanner functions and to adjust its behavior. Note: In case you are using some alternative Internet browser (e. g Avant Browser) you can meet unexpected behavior. AVG 9 Internet Security © 2009 C opyright AVG Technologies C Z, s. r. o. AVG Security Toolbar Interface The AVG Security Toolbar is designed to work with MS Internet Explorer (version 6. 0 or greater) and Mozilla Firefox (version 2. 0 or greater). Once you have decided you want to install AVG Security Toolbar (during the AVG installation process you were asked to decide whether or not you wish to install the component), the component will be located in your web browser just under the address bar: The AVG Security Toolbar consists of the following: · AVG logo - provides access to general toolbar items. Click the logo button to get redirected to AVG website (http://www. avg. com/). Clicking the pointer next to the AVG icon will open the following: o Toolbar Info - link to the AVG Security Toolbar home page with detailed information on the toolbar's protection o Launch AVG 9. 0 - opens the AVG user interface o Options - opens a configuration dialog where you can adjust your AVG Security Toolbar settings to suit your needs - see the following chapter AVG Security Toolbar Options o Delete History - allows you to Delete complete history of AVG Security Toolbar, or to Delete search history, Delete browser history, Delete downloaded history and Delete cookies. o Update - checks for new updates for your AVG Security Toolbar o Help - provides options to open the help file, contact AVG technical support, submit product feedback, or view the details of the current version of the toolbar · Search box - Enter a word or phrase into the search box. Press Search to AVG 9 Internet Security © 2009 C opyright AVG Technologies C Z, s. r. o. All rights reserved. 83 start searchin using the specified search engine (you can specify the desired search engine to be used within the AVG Security Toolbar Advanced Options, and you can choose either Yahoo!, Wikipedia, Baidu, WebHledani, or Yandex), no matter what page is currently displayed. Searches done through the search box are analyzed using the AVG Search-Shield protection. · Total Protection - this button appears optionally as either Total Protection / Limited Protection / No Protection depending on the AVG Link Scanner configuration · AVG Info - provides links to important security information located on AVG website ( http://www. avg. com/). 8. 14. 2. AVG Security Toolbar Options All AVG Security Toolbar parameters configuration is accessible directly within the AVG Security Toolbar panel. The editing interface opens via the AVG / Options toolbar menu item in a new dialog called Toolbar Options divided into three sections: · General On the tab you can specify button that should be displayed / hidden within the AVG Security Toolbar panel: o AVG News Button - this option displays the AVG News button. Pressing AVG 9 Internet Security © 2009 C opyright AVG Technologies C Z, s. r. o. All rights reserved. 84 the button within the AVG Security Toolbar panel you can open a dropdown menu with links to up-to-date AVG related press releases. o AVG Info Button - the AVG Info button opens the menu with the following options: § Toolbar Info - opens the AVG Security Toolbar product page with detailed information on the component § About Threats - opens the AVG virus lab web page with information on current threats, virus removal recommendations, FAQ list, etc. § AVG News - opens the web page providing the latest AVG related press release § Current Threat Level - opens the virus lab web page with a graphical display of the current threat level on the web § Virus Encyclopedia - opens the Virus Encyclopedia page where you can search the specific viruses by name and get detailed information on each one o Delete History Button - this button allows you to Delete complete history, or Delete search history, Delete browser history, Delete download history, or Delete cookies directly from the AVG Security Toolbar panel. · Security AVG 9 Internet Security © 2009 C opyright AVG Technologies C Z, s. r. o. All rights reserved. 85 The Security tab is divided into two sections, AVG Browser Security and Ratings, where you can mark specific check-boxes to assign AVG Security Toolbar functionality you want to use: o AVG Browser Security - check this item to activate or switch-off the AVG Search-Shield and/or AVG Active Surf-Shield service o Ratings - select graphical symbols used for search results ratings by the AVG Search-Shield component that you want to use: § § § § § page is safe page is somewhat suspicious page containing links to positively dangerous pages page contains active threats page is not accessible, and so could not be scanned Mark the respective option to confirm you want to be informed about this specific threat level. However, display of the red mark assigned to AVG 9 Internet Security © 2009 C opyright AVG Technologies C Z, s. r. o. All rights reserved. 86 pages containing active and dangerous threats cannot be switchedoff. [. . . ] · Program update contains various program changes, fixes and improvements. When scheduling an update, it is possible to select which priority level should be downloaded and applied. Note: If a time coincidence of a scheduled program update and scheduled scan occurs, the update process is of higher priority and the scan will get interrupted. 12. 2. Update Types You can distinguish between two types of update: · On demand update is an immediate AVG update that can be performed any time the need arises. [. . . ]