Viewing the Safety Score for Your PC

When you launch Active Security Monitor, the name of your computer will be displayed in the top left corner of the dashboard. If the name is incorrect, click the button in the Choose a Computer section that corresponds to the name of the PC you are using. (Placing your cursor over any of the buttons will display the name of the corresponding PC.)

The Safety Score for your PC is displayed in the top right corner of the dashboard. The Safety Score is a number from 0 to 100. The higher the number, the more protected your PC is.

Viewing Individual Items

Click the Safety Score button to display items impacting your Safety Score. Active Security Monitor analyzes six categories to calculate your Safety Score:

Active Security Monitor calculates and displays a safety evaluation for each category. If Active Security Monitor is unable to calculate the status of any category the evaluation result will display as “Unknown”.

Viewing More Details

To display more details about specific security categories:

  1. Click the Details button next to the security category in the Active Security Monitor dashboard. (For example, to view more information about your system's Firewall protection, click the Details button next to the Firewall item.)

  2. The Details drawer will open. Then, click the Detailed Status button at the top of the drawer.

  3. The top part of the Detailed Status page ("Problem") explains any issues identified as a risk.

  4. The middle part of the page ("Recommendation") offers recommendations on how to fix the problem, which can improve your Safety Score.

  5. Where applicable, the bottom part of the page ("Suggested Solutions") lists specific software products you can install and use to improve your computer security.