To open STOPzilla:
If you have installed STOPzilla correctly, the SZ STOPzilla system tray icon is displayed in the lower right corner of your task bar, at the bottom of your screen next to the system clock.
Double-click the SZ system tray icon. The Home console will be displayed.
After viewing Home, click OK to keep all existing settings. If you make changes to existing settings, click APPLY. To undo any changes you have made to settings, click CANCEL.
The navigation bar is a vertical row of buttons displayed on the left side of all STOPzilla windows. Navigation buttons present STOPzilla's features logically and enable you to access any feature or setting with one click of your mouse. The navigation buttons are HOME, SCAN FOR SPYWARE, REAL-TIME PROTECTION, POP-UP PROTECTION, SITEGUARD™, SCHEDULER, TOOLS, and REGISTER (appears only if STOPzilla is unregistered). When you click a navigation button to open a section, the button corresponding to the open section is highlighted.
Click START SCAN NOW to begin scanning your computer for Spyware. STOPzilla lets you choose parameters for the kind of scan you wish to perform. Unless you select otherwise, STOPzilla will start a scan with the parameters last used. If you have never performed a scan of your computer with STOPzilla, the scan will start with the default FullScan. Please see: Types of Scans.
The Basic Options group box contains settings to enable/disable Spyware Protection, Pop-Up Protection and SITEguard™ . Basic Options are all pre-set to ON. You can leave these defaults or change them. For your protection, it is strongly recommended that you leave these settings ON.
Command buttons in the Quick Tools group box enable you to remove records of your Internet use, thus "cover your tracks." Quick tools is a privacy feature. The sites you visit are your business.
Click Erase Cookies to remove all Internet cookies currently residing on your system. If you click this button, the system displays a dialog prompting you to confirm that you wish to erase all cookies. You can also click View to see a list of cookies stored in your system. A cookie file is information that a Web site puts on your hard disk so that it can remember something about you at a later time.
Click Clear History to erase your Internet Surfing History (URLs). Your history is a record of all Internet sites that you have visited.
Quick Settings enable you to configure some general options for STOPzilla. Select (check) or clear (uncheck) the boxes in the Quick Settings group box to indicate how you want STOPzilla to behave. Any configuration changes you make will take effect when you click APPLY at the bottom of this dialog.
By default, all of these settings
are enabled (selected.) To disable a setting, click on a check box to
clear (uncheck) it. For your safety and security, It is recommended that
you leave the default settings Display SZ icon
in System Tray and Automatically
download updates. The other Quick Settings are a matter of your
personal preference.
Select Display SZ icon in System Tray to see the SZ icon in the lower right corner of your screen at all times. STOPzilla features can be accessed from the system tray icon.
Select Show splash screen if you wish to see the STOPzilla graphic and hear an alert when STOPzilla starts.
Select Enable sound alarms if you wish to hear audible alerts. When this feature is enabled, STOPzilla will sound a DING! every time it blocks a Pop-up, and a ROAR! every time it blocks Spyware.
Select Automatically download updates if you wish STOPzilla to check for updates and if available, download and apply any product enhancements without informing you.
The System Status group box displays read-only information about the STOPzilla product version you are running on you computer.
Product Version indicates the binary version (major release) of STOPzilla installed on your computer. For example: Version 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, etc.
Enforcer Engine is currently associated with Product Version. This may change in future versions of STOPzilla.
Definition Set is associated with updates for Spyware protection. It is the specific build of STOPzilla installed on your computer. For example: 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, etc.
Last Scan indicates the date and time you last scanned your computer for Spyware.
Scanning is one of many methods
STOPzilla uses to detect Spyware from the moment you turn your computer
on. It is recommended that you perform a Full
Scan weekly and whenever STOPzilla's True-Real Time™
protection detects an infection. This is a precaution to ensure that all
traces of the infection are completely removed..
Last Update indicates the date on which you last updated STOPzilla, either manually or automatically.
You can set STOPzilla to check for updates automatically in Quick Settings, or you can check manually. Click Check for Updates. STOPzilla will determine if you are running the latest updates. If not, the system will prompt you to download the newest enhancements. Updates are free to STOPzilla subscribers. Please see: Updates.
Click About to see Customer Support contact information, product copyright and trademark information, information about the version of STOPzilla installed in your computer, registration status and options, and information about the hardware and software that comprise your system. Please see: About STOPzilla Dialog.
STOPzilla provides a detailed Help system. You can read topics consecutively, like a book, to maximize your understanding of STOPzilla, or "context-sensitive" to learn about the particular feature you are using.
Click Help in the lower left corner of a STOPzilla window to open the Help system. Or:
Press F1
or click the Help icon
in the upper right corner of any STOPzilla dialog to
see detailed information about the feature you are using.