User manual GRISOFT AVG LINKSCANNER FOR MAC REV 90.5

[. . . ] AVG LinkScanner for Mac User Manual Document revision 90. 5 (17. 6. 2010) 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 compression library zlib, C opyright (c) 1995-2005 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler. This product uses compression library libbzip2, C opyright (c) 1996-2010 Julian R. [. . . ] Note that your Main User Interface always gives you details about the error, even suggesting how to fix it. A V G L inkSc anner © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. AVG LinkScanner® in your web browser Your AVG LinkScanner® functions within your web browser without affecting its performance. It uses a set of informative icons to either show you the threat level of every search result in most commonly used web search engines (the Search-Shield component), or to warn you in case a webpage you try to access appears to suspicious (the Surf-Shield component). The set of icons (identical for both components) is listed in the table below: The page has been successfully scanned and is safe. The page does not contain threats but is somewhat suspicious (questionable in origin or motive, therefore not recommended for e-shopping etc. ). The page can be either safe itself, but containing further links to positively dangerous pages; or it can be suspicious in code, though not directly employing any threats at the moment. We do not recommend visiting this page, or forwarding the URL via e-mail!The page can not be scanned (which can mean that is doesn't exist anymore, or it is temporarily unavailable. 5. 1. Search-Shield When searching Internet with the AVG Search-Shield on, all search results returned from the most popular search engines (Google, Yahoo and Bing - former MSN) are evaluated for dangerous or suspicious links. By checking these links and marking the bad links, the AVG LinkScanner® 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. Hovering over an individual icon will display brief pop-up dialog describing the particular link in question. Please note that the search results are generated based on a blacklist (database of known malicious websites) and the evaluation itself cannot be configured!Various pop-up dialogs are listed below: 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. 16 There are a few settings for this component that you can adjust. The easiest way to access the Search-Shield settings dialog is by clicking the component's name in Main User Interface. 5. 2. Surf-Shield Present-day internet is quite a dangerous place to surf - exploited web pages might infect your computer simply by visiting the affected site. This powerful feature provides you a real-time protection from the most serious online threats: malicious, exploitive, and phishing websites. If enabled, it automatically scans the source code of any website you try to access (either by clicking a link or typing in a URL) and verifies the webpage origin. If it discovers anything suspicious, it will interrupt loading the website, and display a notification with more details. The notification dialogs (listed above) use the same set of informative icons as the Search-Shield and are informative only. They serve just to notify you that the threat has been found and blocked, so the loading of the page has been interrupted. [. . . ] There might be a few reasons for this, with limited or unavailable Internet connection being the most common. A V G L inkSc anner © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. Uninstallation of AVG LinkScanner® There are two ways to remove the AVG LinkScanner® from your computer. You can either choose the automatic uninstallation, or the manual uninstallation. 8. 1. Automatic uninstallation To trigger automatic uninstallation, please click the Uninstall icon located in the installation package (the avg90LSM-???. dmg file): The Uninstaller will appear and guide you conveniently through the uninstallation process. [. . . ]