System Tray Icon Functions

The system tray icon, when present in the lower right corner of your screen, indicates that STOPzilla is installed and has launched.

If the system tray icon is flashing, it indicates a Pop-up is attempting to access your system. This can be either an allowed or blocked Pop-up.

STOPzilla's State

You can mouseover the icon to see the state of STOPzilla: the system indicates whether Spyware Protection, Pop-up Protection, and SITEguard™ are enabled.

STOPzilla's Main Menu

Right-click on the system tray icon to access STOPzilla's Main menu from which you can access STOPzilla's most frequently used features.

• Open STOPzilla takes you to the Home console.
• Scan for Spyware launches a scan of your system.
• View Black List opens STOPzilla's Black List.
• Spyware Protection enables (checked) and disables (no check) STOPzilla's Real-Time Spyware protection.
• Pop-up Protection enables (checked) and disables (no check) STOPzilla's Pop-up protection.
• SITEguard Protection enables (checked) and disables (no check) STOPzilla's Phishing protection.

Click Tools to perform basic "housekeeping tasks:

• View Event Log displays the Event Log, a detailed list of all actions performed by STOPzilla.
• View Scanner Results displays a detailed list of all infections detected by STOPzilla.
• Clear Cookies erases all Internet cookies currently residing on your system.
• Clear History erases your Internet surfing history (URLs). Your history is a record of all Internet sites that you have visited. This is a privacy feature.
• Close All Internet Explorers closes all currently opened Internet Explorer windows immediately.
• Check For UPDATES checks for any updates to STOPzilla and initializes a download if there are updates.
• Help opens the STOPzilla Help system.
• Exit STOPzilla closes the application.