Symantec Norton Antispam Personal Firewall and Systemwork - Norton Antispam, Personal Firewall, Norton Personal Firewall 2006 User Manual

User Guide

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Norton Personal Firewall™ 2006 User Guide

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Chapter 1 Installation

Before you begin . . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . . . 9

Installing Norton Personal Firewall . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . 9

Configuring Norton Personal Firewall . .. . .. . . .. . .. 11

Using the Home Network Wizard .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . . 12

If the opening screen does not appear . . .. . . .. . .. . . 13

Chapter 2 Getting started

Starting Norton Personal Firewall . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . 15

Activating your product . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . . 16

Exploring the main window . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . . .. . .. . 18

Checking your protection while you work .. . . .. . .. 19

Responding to Norton Protection Center

messages . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . . .. . 22

For more information .. . . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . 23

Service and support solutions

Index

Contents

Contents8

This chapter includes the following topics:

1 Before you begin

1 Installing Norton Personal Firewall

1 Configuring Norton Personal Firewall

1 Using the Home Network Wizard

1 If the opening screen does not appear

Before you begin

Before you begin, close all open programs on your computer. Other open programs may interfere with installation.

If you have other firewall programs installed on your computer, it is recommended that you uninstall them to prevent any installation errors. For more information, see the user documentation that came with the firewall program.

Installing Norton Personal Firewall

You can install Norton Personal Firewall from a CD or from a file that you download.

Before you begin, close all programs that are open on your computer.

Installation

To install Norton Personal Firewall

Do one of the following:

See “If the opening

screen does not appear” on page 13.

If you are installing from a CD, insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive.

1 If you downloaded your copy of Norton Personal

Firewall, double-click the file that you downloaded.

In the opening panel, click Install Norton Personal Firewall to begin the installation.

Read the License Agreement, click I accept the License Agreement, and then type your product key

if prompted. If you do not accept the License Agreement, you cannot continue the installation.

Click Next. The preinstall scan begins automatically, and will take a few minutes.

If the Active Applications Detected panel appears, close all open programs, and then click Start Scan.

Once the scan begins, you can do one of the following:

If you want to stop the scan, click Stop Scan.

When the scan is finished, click View Details to view the results of the scan, and then click OK.

In the Select the destination folder panel, accept the default or select the folder where you want to install Norton Personal Firewall.

Click Next. The Installation Progress panel tracks the progress of the installation. This will take a few minutes.

Click Finish to restart your computer.

Your computer is not protected until it restarts and you complete the configuration.

After your computer restarts, wait for the Norton Personal Firewall window to open on your desktop before you continue. This may take several minutes.

Installation

Installing Norton Personal Firewall

Configuring Norton Personal Firewall

You must be online to configure this product.

During configuration, you can activate and register this product, check for network settings, and receive the latest security protection.

If you choose not to register at this time, or if you have any difficulty with registration, you can register on the Symantec Web site. On the Internet, go to the following URL:

www. symantec.com

To configure Norton Personal Firewall

In the opening configuration panel, click Next.

In the Activation panel, ensure that you are connected to the Internet, and then click Next. Activation may take several minutes.

In the Activation Complete panel, review your subscription information, and then click Print to print your product key. You will need this product key if you want to install this product on a new computer.

Click Next. Connecting may take several minutes.

In the Create your Norton Account panel, do one of the following:

1 If you want to create a new Norton Account,

complete the Create new account section, and then click Submit.

1 If you currently have a Norton account, complete

the I already have an account section, and then click Log on.

In the confirmation panel, click Next.

If the Security panel appears, Symantec recommends that you leave all options checked to use Norton products to protect your computer, and then click Next to close the panel.

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Configuring Norton Personal Firewall

Review the Next Steps panel, and then click Finish to allow Norton Personal Firewall to perform the following tasks:

Adds computers to a home or local network

See “Using the Home Network

Wizard” on page 12.

Run the Home Network Wizard

Downloads and installs the latest security protection

Run LiveUpdate

In the Welcome to LiveUpdate panel, click Next to start downloading updates. This will take several minutes.

When the updates are complete, click Finish.

Using the Home Network Wizard

Norton Personal Firewall allows you to organize computers on your network and the Internet into Trusted and Restricted Zones. Zones allow you to grant trusted computers access to your computer while blocking malicious users. Zones can be assigned to one or more locations.

The Personal Firewall does not regulate computers that are in the Trusted Zone. Computers in the Trusted Zone have as much access to your computer as they would have if you did not have a firewall. Computers in the Restricted Zone cannot communicate with your computer at all.

To use the Home Network Wizard to add computers to your Trusted Zone

In the Home Network Wizard opening panel, click Next.

Installation

Using the Home Network Wizard

In the Network Adapters Found table, ensure that the Autoconfigure Adapter check box is checked for each network adapter that you want to configure automatically. The Home Network Wizard will add the other computers in your network to your Trusted Zone.

Technically, the Home Network Wizard adds the other computers in your network that use the same subnet mask as each autoconfigured adapter.

Click Next.

In the Locations table, ensure that the check box is checked for each location that should use these Trusted Zone settings.

Click Next.

Click Finish.

If the opening screen does not appear

Sometimes a computer’s CD-ROM drive does not automatically run a CD.

To start the installation from the product CD

On your desktop, double-click My Computer.

In the My Computer window, double-click the icon for your CD-ROM drive.

In the list of files, double-click CDstart.exe.

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If the opening screen does not appear

Installation

If the opening screen does not appear

This chapter includes the following topics:

1 Starting Norton Personal Firewall

1 Activating your product

1 Exploring the main window

1 Checking your protection while you work

1 Responding to Norton Protection Center messages

1 For more information

Starting Norton Personal Firewall

See “Responding to

Norton Protection Center messages”

on page 22.

Norton Personal Firewall protects any computer on which it is installed. You do not have to start the program to be protected. If Norton Personal Firewall detects a situation that requires your attention, a window appears to help you resolve it.

At any time, you can start Norton Personal Firewall to adjust settings, review protection, or perform preventive maintenance. All of the program features can be accessed from the main window.

Getting started

To start Norton Personal Firewall

Do one of the following:

On the Windows taskbar, click Start > Programs > Norton Personal Firewall > Norton Personal Firewall.

On the Windows XP taskbar, click Start > All Programs > Norton Personal Firewall > Norton Personal Firewall.

On the Windows desktop, double-click the Norton Personal Firewall icon.

1 On the Windows System tray, double-click the

Norton Personal Firewall icon.

In Windows XP, the system tray is called the notification area.

To display the Norton Personal Firewall button and menu on the Internet Explorer toolbar

Open Internet Explorer.

In Internet Explorer, on the View menu, click Toolbars > Norton Personal Firewall.

To the right of the Norton Personal Firewall button, click the arrow to make more choices.

To start Norton Personal Firewall from the Internet Explorer toolbar

On the Internet Explorer toolbar, click the Norton Personal Firewall button, and then click Configure security settings.

Activating your product

Product activation reduces software piracy and ensures that you are using authentic Symantec software.

If you did not activate your product during installation, you will receive an Activation Needed alert regularly until you activate the product.

Getting started

Activating your product

You must activate your product within the time period specified by the alert or it will stop working.

You can activate your product from the Activation Needed alert or from the Activation option on the Help menu. Activation should take a few minutes.

To activate your product from the Activation Needed alert

In the alert, click Activate Now.

Click OK.

In the Activation window, click Next.

In the Activation Successful window, click Finish.

To activate your product from the Help menu

At the top of the main window, click Help and Support, and then click Activation.

In the Activation window, click Next.

In the Activation Successful window, click Finish.

If you have problems activating

If you cannot connect to the Symantec servers to activate your product, first check to see if you have parental control software, either installed or through your ISP, that might be blocking the connection.

A connectivity problem may occur if you are using parental control software. If you suspect that parental controls are blocking the connection, configure the parental controls so that they do not block the activation procedure. You will need to log on to your parental control software as an administrator, or log on to the Internet through your ISP as an administrator to change your configuration.

If parental controls are not the problem, or if you cannot reconfigure your parental controls to resolve the issue, you can activate by phone.

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Activating your product

To activate by phone

Before you begin, please have paper and a pencil available to write down the unlock code that you will receive at the end of the call.

Disconnect from the Internet.

In the Connection Problem window, click Activate my software by phone, and then click Next.

In the Phone Activation window, select your country.

Dial the telephone number that displays in the box to the right.

Follow the voice prompts that are provided.

Exploring the main window

When you start Norton Personal Firewall, the main window opens. Buttons at the top and left side of the main window provide access to all Norton Personal Firewall features, options, and online Help.

To explore the main window

Start Norton Personal Firewall.

On the left side of the main window, click a feature to display its components, and then click a component.

Getting started

Exploring the main window

In the center of the window, click the underlined link that you want to explore.

At the top of the main window, click a button. You have the following options:

Stops and starts all communication to and from your computer.

Block Traffic/Allow Traffic

Checks for updates to installed Symantec products.

LiveUpdate

Customizes the general features of Norton Personal Firewall.

You can access more options while you are running specific programs.

Options

Provides access to the Help for Norton Personal Firewall and other installed Symantec products.

Help & Support

Checking your protection while you work

As you use your computer, Norton Protection Center monitors how well your activities are protected from threats, risks, and damage. Before you begin a task, you can use Norton Protection Center to determine if it is safe to continue.

The Norton Protection Center main window summarizes your current protection for different activities such as emailing and Web browsing. It estimates a general level of protection based on the security programs installed on your computer.

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Checking your protection while you work

A status indicator also appears in the Windows task bar. The status levels are as follows:

No action is required on your part.Good

Some issues require your attention but your computer is not at risk.

Attention required

Some issues threaten your computer's data or its ability to perform effectively.

Urgent attention

You do not have to start your product to be advised when your protection level falls below Good. Norton Protection Center alerts you if you need to take urgent action. These alerts appear above the Windows task bar.

In addition to providing overall protection status, Norton Protection Center displays your protection level for each of the following categories:

Protects your computer from viruses and other security threats, and ensures that your protection is updated frequently. It reports on whether your hard disk has been scanned for viruses recently, if you have spyware protection, and whether you receive automatic Windows and antivirus updates (if applicable).

Security Basics

Protects your email and instant messages from viruses, Internet worms, spam, phishing, identity theft activity, and other risks.

Email & Messaging

Getting started

Checking your protection while you work

Protects your computer from viruses and other security risks while you are using your Web browser, downloading or streaming music, and playing games. This category also includes ad blocking and pop-up blocking software, and reports on whether parental control features are blocking undesirable Web sites.

Web Browsing

Protects your files, including photographs, music, and business documents, from being lost due to unexpected crashes, accidental file deletions, program malfunctions, install malfunctions, and other computer failures.

Data Recovery

Keeps your disk drives and Windows operating system running smoothly. This category includes programs that clean up unwanted Internet files, examine and repair hard disk problems, and fix Windows problems. The category also includes programs that provide you with real-time virus, spyware, and other risk protection (if applicable).

Performance

To check protection levels

See “Starting Norton

Personal Firewall”

on page 15.

In the main window, click Norton Protection Center.

In the Norton Protection Center window, click a protection category.

Review the list of protection items.

Limited or no protection in a category may often be resolved by adjusting a category setting.

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Checking your protection while you work

Depending on the type of activity, you can turn an item on or off, change settings, or update the status of a feature that is out-of-date.

To adjust a category setting

In the Norton Protection Center window, click the protection category name.

Do one of the following:

1 To turn on protection, click the protection item, and

then click Turn On.

1 To update protection, click the protection item, and

then select one of the available options on the drop-down list.

Responding to Norton Protection Center messages

When a Norton Protection Center message appears, you can take immediate action to improve your protection level. The information in the message describes the situation that is affecting your protection level and suggests how to proceed. You can change alerting and other display behavior using a shortcut menu or the Options menu.

To respond to a Norton Protection Center message

In the Norton Protection Center window, read the description of the situation.

Do one of the following:

To respond immediately, click Fix Now.

To get more information, click more info.

To respond later, click close.

To change the types of alerts that Norton Protection Center shows you, use the shortcut menu or the Options dialog box.

Getting started

Responding to Norton Protection Center messages

To change Norton Protection Center alerting

Do one of the following:

1 On the Windows taskbar or system tray, right-click

the Norton Protection Center icon, and then on the Alert Options submenu, check or uncheck the menu item that you want to change.

In the main window, click Options > Norton Protection Center Options, and then select the

items that you want to change.

For more information

The product documentation provides assistance for using Norton Personal Firewall. You can find the information that you need on your computer and on the Web.

Using Help

Help is available throughout your Symantec product. Help buttons and links to more information provide assistance that is specific to the task that you are completing. The Help menu provides a comprehensive guide to all of the product features and tasks that you can complete.

To use Help

At the top of the main window, click Help & Support > Norton Personal Firewall Help.

In the Help window, in the left pane, select a tab. Your options are:

Displays Help by topicContents

Lists all keywords for the Help topics in alphabetical order

Index

Opens a search box in which you can type a word or a phrase

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For more information

You can also print any topic in Help.

To print a topic in Help

In the Help window, click the Contents tab.

In the Contents list, select the topic that you want to print, and then click Print.

Select whether you want to print only the selected topic, or the topic and all of the subtopics under it.

Click OK.

Window and dialog box Help

Window and dialog box Help is context-sensitive, meaning that it provides help for the window or dialog box that you are currently using.

To access window or dialog box Help

Do one of the following:

1 In a window, select any Help link.

In a dialog box, click more info.

Accessing the User Guide PDF

You can find the

Norton Personal Firewall User Guide

on the CD in PDF format. You must have Adobe® Reader® installed on your computer to read the PDF.

If you purchased this product as a download, the PDF and Adobe Reader were not included. You must download the PDF from the Symantec Web site and Adobe Reader from the Adobe Web site.

To install Adobe Reader from the CD

Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive.

In the window that appears, click Browse.

If applicable, double-click the WINNT folder.

In the CD window, double-click the Manual folder.

If applicable, double-click the Adobe folder.

Double-click the program file.

Getting started

For more information

Follow the on-screen instructions to select a folder for Adobe Reader, and then complete the installation.

Once you have installed Adobe Reader, you can read the PDF from the CD.

To read the User Guide PDF from the CD

Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive.

In the window that appears, click Browse.

If applicable, double-click the WINNT folder.

In the CD window, double-click the Manual folder.

Double-click the PDF.

You can also copy the User Guide to your hard disk and read it from there.

To read the User Guide from your hard disk

Open the location into which you copied the PDF.

Double-click the PDF.

Symantec products on the Web

You can find extensive information about all Symantec products on the Symantec Web site. There are several ways to access the Symantec Web site.

To access the Symantec Web site from the Help menu

In the main window, click Help & Support.

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For more information

Select the solution that you want. Your options are:

Takes you to the product support page of the Symantec Web site, from which you can access the knowledge bases and downloads for your product.

Help and Support

Takes you to the Security Response page of the Symantec Web site, from which you can update your protection and read the latest information about antithreat technology.

Symantec Security Response

Takes you to the Symantec Store Web site, from which you can get product information on every Symantec product.

Symantec Norton Antispam Personal Firewall and Systemwork - Norton Antispam, Personal Firewall, Norton Personal Firewall 2006 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual