User manual AVG LINKSCANNER FREE EDITION POUR MAC

[. . . ] A ll rights res erved. 1 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. 1 Operation Systems Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] · Premium Support - opens you browser and takes you to AVG Support Center page, where you can select your product type to view all support options available for you. · About AVG LinkScanner® - opens the Information dialog with five tabs providing data on program name, program and virus database version, system info, license agreement, and contact information of AVG Technologies CZ. 6. 2. Security Status Info The Security Status Info section is located in the upper part of the main window. Within this section you will always find information on the current security status of your AVG LinkScanner®. Please see an overview of icons possibly depicted in this section, and their meaning: The green icon indicates that your AVG LinkScanner® is fully functional. Your computer is completely protected, up to date and all installed components are working properly. A V G L inkSc anner © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. A ll rights res erved. 18 The orange icon warns that one or more components are incorrectly configured and you should pay attention to their properties/settings. There is no critical problem in AVG LinkScanner® and you have probably decided to switch some component off for some reason. However, please pay attention to the problem component's settings!Its name will be provided in the Security Status Info section. The red icon indicates that AVG LinkScanner® is in critical status!One or more components does not work properly and AVG LinkScanner® cannot protect your computer. - AVG LinkScanner® was unable to scan this page - URL address scanning failed The LinkScanner component within AVG LinkScanner® consists of two parts that you can switch on/off in the LinkScanner component interface: A V G L inkSc anner © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. A ll rights res erved. 22 · Enable AVG Search-Shield - (on by default): advisory notifying icons on searches performed in Google, Yahoo, WebHledani, Yandex, Baidu, Bing, AOL, AltaVista, EarthLink, Ask, Seznam, eBay, Twitter, Digg, and Slashdot having checked ahead the content of sites returned by the search engine. · Enable AVG Active Surf-Shield - (on by default): prevents you from accidentally becoming infected by drive-by downloads and other exploits, ensuring the web pages you visit are safe at the only time that really matters - when you are about to click the link. · Enable reporting of potential threats - mark this item to allow back reporting of exploits and bad sites found by users either via Safe Surf or Safe Search to feed the database collecting information on malicious activity on the web. 7. 1. 1. AVG Search-Shield When searching Internet with the AVG Search-Shield on, all search results returned from the most popular search engines like Google, Yahoo, WebHledani, Yandex, Baidu, Bing, AOL, AltaVista, EarthLink, Ask, Seznam, eBay, Twitter, Digg, and Slashdot are evaluated for dangerous or suspicious links. By checking these links and marking the bad links, the AVG Link Scanner warns you before you click on dangerous or suspicious links, so you can ensure you only go to safe websites. While a link is being evaluated on the search results page, you will see a graphic sign next to the link informing that the link verification is in progress. When the evaluation is complete, the respective informative icon will be displayed: · The linked page is safe (with Yahoo!search engine within AVG Security Toolbar this icon will not be displayed!). The page is not accessible, and so could not be scanned. · · · · Hovering over an individual rating icon will display details about the particular link in question. Information include additional details of the threat (if any), the IP address of the link and when the page was scanned by AVG LinkScanner®: A V G L inkSc anner © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. [. . . ] · Check computer time - check this box to enable displaying notification of the time set on your computer being incorrect. The notification will be displayed if the time differs from the correct time in more hours than set in the box below (the default value is 24 hours). A V G L inkSc anner © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. Proxy The proxy server is a stand-alone server or a service running on a PC that guarantees safer connection to the Internet. According to the specified network rules you can then access the Internet either directly or via the proxy server; both possibilities can also be allowed at the same time. [. . . ]