The ATD-Guard Scanner:
Thanks to the ATD-Guard scanner you can
scan all the connections of your computer which allows you to filter out
anything that is unnecessary or even harmful.
Start the ATD-Guard scanner
then start the software to be analyzed. You can see any connections initiated by
it and block them if they do not seem justified to you.
The same when
starting the computer allows you to locate programs that automatically start and
connect.
Launch the scanner and then display a popular web page. In the
multitude of domains displayed is the domain name of the site consulted then all
the rest which is not always useful. By browsing in this way the websites that
you visit regularly you will quickly find everything you do not need and block
it. The block will remain valid for sites that you have not yet visited. Your
block list grows by self-learning and very quickly any annoying elements that
are found on a large number of sites will be blocked and your navigation will
become more fluid. Everything is not always to be rejected under penalty of
preventing the website from functioning properly. Some elements of a page can
come from another domain than the main domain and be essential for its
operation.
The easiest way to quickly advance your list is to proceed as
follows, taking advantage of ATD-Guard's self-learning faculty:
At each
step export your list of blocked domains so that you can easily go
back.
Launch the scanner and connect to a site that you know to be
particularly busy (TV program, dictionaries, social networks, fashion,
horoscope, games, etc.). The list on the left will fill up quickly. Once it has
stabilized, click on the Select all button. Find in the list on the right the
name of the main domain of the website and click on it to delete it. You can
also delete any subdomains from the main domain (those where only the first part
before the first point is different) otherwise the site may not display well.
Finally click on the OK button. Close your browser then relaunch it and
reconnect to the website. Check that it is displayed correctly otherwise find in
the list the essential domain (s) by selecting them and clicking on Temporarily
unblock this domain then refresh the page. When you have found the domain that
is missing from this site, click on Unblock this domain, which will remove it
from the list. When the site is displayed correctly click the Reblock all
domains button.
Continue self-learning on other sites to build your block
list. Very quickly the main annoying displays that are found on a large number
of websites will be blocked and your navigation will already become more
fluid.
There is no risk for the operation of your computer to block
connections since a computer can still operate without any access to the
internet. You therefore risk nothing to make tests. You can always empty your
block list or restore a list that you exported.

You can stop restart or reset the scanner. The "Show this
window in foreground" checkbox allows you, for example, to see the domains used
by a website without this window being hidden by the browser. You can see the
list of domain names fill up as the website displayed connects to new
domains.
To manually select the domains to block, once the scan is
complete, click Stop scanning and then click the domain names you want to block
to move them to the list on the right. The Select all button allows you to move
all the domain names to the list on the right. If you have scanned the
connections initiated by a program you completely prevent that program from
connecting to the Internet. If you have scanned the domains used by a website do
not select everything otherwise this website will not be able to display at all
(unless this is the intended purpose).
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