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3 using the nvidia, Firewall, Launching the nvfirewall™ summary – Asus Motherboard A8N-SLI SE User Manual

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5.3.3 Using the NVIDIA

®

Firewall™

The motherboard supports the NVIDIA

®

Firewall™ (NVFirewall™) application

that protects your computer from intruders. The NVFirewall™ is classified

as a personal firewall or desktop firewall that works at the device level

to protect your system from malicious computer code by controlling the

connections to and from your computer and alerting you for attempted

intrusions. The following sections describe how to use the NVIDIA

®

Firewall™.

Launching the NVFirewall™ summary

After you install the NVFirewall™ application from the motherboard support

CD, it is automatically activated with a Medium security profile. The setup

summary of NVFirewall™ is displayed in the summary menu.
To launch the NVFirewall™ summary menu:

1. Click the NVIDIA

®

Firewall™ icon from the

Windows

®

taskbar.

NVIDIA

®

Firewall™ icon

2. Double-click the icon to display

the NVFirewall™ Summary

menu.

Click to select firewall profile
Click to view profile details

Click to view the firewall log

Click to view the firewall stats

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