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| ::Nixory OnLine Manual :: |
::OnLine Manual Summary::
INTRODUCTION
:::What's Nixory
:::What are cookies and spyware
INSTALL
:::Install Windows (95/98/2000/ME/XP)
:::Install for other platforms
USING NIXORY
:::Main Window
:::Preference Window
:::Scan Window
:::Remove Tool
:::Update Window
:::Event log Window
:::Groups of Data Miner: High,Medium,Low
:::Change Nixory Theme
:::Credits
| ::Main Window:: |
When you start Nixory you should see its Main Window. Here's a description:
::Menu bar::
The menu bar in the upper side of the window, has 5 options with some submenus:
>>>>File
>>Quit: This option closes Nixory
>>>>Options
>>Preferences: This option opens the Nixory preferences window
>>>>Actions
>>Scan now: This option opens the Nixory Scan window.
>>>>Language
>>English: This option sets Nixory language to English
>>Italian: This option sets Nixory language to Italian.
>>Dutch: This option sets Nixory language to Dutch
>>Spanish: This option sets Nixory language to Spanish.
>>Spanish(AR): This option sets Nixory language to Spanish of Argentina.
>>Catalan: This option sets Nixory language to Catalan.>>NOTE:: If you choose a different language from the current, Nixory will ask you before change it. If you confirm, Nixory will close and the new language will be applied at the next start.
>>>>Help
>>About: This option opens the Nixory about window, with some information about the program (Author, Translators, Version, etc..)
::Tasks Table::
Under the Menu Bar, there's a table with the number of scans, objects removed, objects found, objects at High, Medium or Low priority or potentially malicious cookies removed from the installation of Nixory.
::Buttons::
There are two buttons in this window:
>>>Quit: This Button closes the program
>>>Scan now: This button opens the Nixory scan window
::Status::
The last Main window widget is a text near the buttons. It's the current Nixory system status. It may be:
>>>OK: When the system has found and successfully loaded the configuration.
>>>Error: When an error occurred with the configuration file, invalid or not in its folder.
| ::Preferences Window:: |
You can use the 'Preferences' option from the menu bar in the Main Window for open the Preferences window. This window has 3 sections::
::Entry::
The first widget in this window is an entry where you can write text. Here, you need to insert the file path of the 'cookies.txt' file that is in the Mozilla Firefox's folder. Usually, this file is in the C:/Document and settings/username/Apps Data/Mozilla/Firefox/ProfileName/cookies.txt folder on Windows, and /home/username/.mozilla/firefox/ProfileName/cookies.txt on Linux. If you can't find the file:
1)Ensure that Mozilla Firefox is installed on your system.
2)Use the System file search and insert search key 'cookies.txt'.
By the way, Nixory already has a fast tool to search for the cookies.txt file. How, you'll see next.
NOTE: This step is needed to let Nixory work correctly!
::Buttons::
There are 2 buttons in this section:
>>>Browser: This button opens a window where you can explore system files and directories for find the 'cookies.txt' file.(That is usually in C:/Document and settings/username/Apps Data/Mozilla/Firefox/ProfileName/cookies.txt on Windows systems and /home/username/.mozilla/firefox/ProfileName/cookies.txt on Linux). If you find this file, select it and then click on 'Select' to confirm or 'Cancel' to close this window. If you confirm, the selected file path will be automatically copied in the text entry.
>>>Clear: This button clears the current text of the entry.
::Check Buttons::
There are 3 check buttons in this section:
>>>Ignore low priority data miners: If enabled, Nixory ignores low priority data miners found during scans.
>>>Ignore medium priority data miners: If enabled, Nixory ignores medium priority data miners found during scans.
>>>Ignore high priority data miners: If enabled, Nixory ignores high priority data miners found during scans.
::Check Buttons::
There are 2 check buttons in this section:
>>>Allow Nixory Ice Eye Heuristic System: Here you can enable the Ice Eye Heuristic System that allows Nixory to find potentially malicious cookies that are not yet in the Database.
>>>Show section for signaling new objects in the remove tool: If enabled, when Nixory finds one or more potentially malicious cookies you'll see a new section in the remove tool, for signaling these objects.
::Radio Buttons::
There are 2 radio buttons in this section:
>>>Ignore potentially malicious cookies: If enabled, Nixory ignores potentially malicious cookies.
>>>Don't ignore potentially malicious cookies: If enabled, Nixory doesn't ignore potetially malicious cookies.
::Check Buttons::
There are 2 check buttons in this section:
>>>Write Scan log in History/log.txt: If enabled, Nixory writes a scan log in History/log.txt file after each scan.
>>>Write details about found and removed objects: If enabled, Nixory writes more details about the scan with descriptions of found and removed objects
::Scroll Bar::
In this window, you can choose the number of logged scans before reset scan log, with the scroll bar. Min: 1 and Max: 50.
::Buttons::
There's only one button in this section:
>>>Clear Log: With this button, you can clear the contents of the Scan log
| ::Scan Window:: |
You can use 'Scan now' button or menu bar option in the Main window to open the Scan window:
::Info Table::
The first widget is an info table with these elements:
>>>Total data miner objects found: Tells the number of total data miners found during scan
>>>Total checked objects: Tells the number of total cookies checked during scan
>>>High priority objects found: Tells the total number of high priority data miners found during scan
>>>Medium priority objects found: Tells the total number of medium priority data miners found during scan
>>>Low priority objects found: Tells the total number of low priority data miners found during scan
>>>Risk objects found: Tells the total number potential data miners found during scan. NOTE: This option is displayed only if Ice Eye Heuristic System is enabled from the Preferences Window
>>>Objects found ignored: Tells the number of total objects ignored.
::Progress bar::
In this window, there's a progress bar that indicates the progress of the current scan.
::Buttons::
In this window, there are 4 buttons:
>>>Close: This button closes the scan window
>>>Start Scan: This button starts the scan
>>>Finish: This button is enabled only at the end of each scan. It closes the scan window but first prompts the user if found data miners have not been removed
>>>Remove Tool: This button is enabled only if Nixory has found one or more data miners. It opens the Remove tool window.
| ::Remove Tool:: |
The Remove tool can completely remove all or selected data miners found during scan, and it can also signal potentially malicious objects. You can open this window with the Remove tool button in the scan window. Here's a description:
::Objects List::
This is the complete list of objects found during scan. There are different kinds of objects as you see:
>>Data
miners, They may be of low, medium or high priority
>>Potentially
malicious objects::Buttons::
In this section there are 3 buttons:
>>>Remove: With this button you can remove selected objects (NOTE: Close Firefox before doing this!). Afterwards, The remove tool will close
>>>Select All: With this button you can select all objects in the list
>>>Close: This button closes the Remove tool window
This section is showed only if Nixory has found one or more potentially malicious cookies and the relative option in Ice Eye settings is enabled.
::Objects List::
This list is pretty similar to the previous one, but this time shows only potentially malicious objects
::Buttons::
In this section there are 3 buttons:
>>>Signal: With this button you can signal selected objects (NOTE: You need an active Internet connection). Nixory will open your default email client with the signaling message already composed; So, you only need to send it. If there are too many words for a single message, Nixory will compose them in separated messages. If you want you can add your contact email at the end of the message. The remove tool won't close after the message(s) is sent.
>>>Select All: With this button you can select all objects in the list
>>>Close: This button closes the Remove tool window
| ::Update Window:: |
The Update Window can connect to the server and update the database to the last version released (A new database version is released about once a week). You can open this window using the 'Update' option under 'Actions' in the Main window's menu bar:
::Info List::
A list with some informations about update:
>>>Database version: Tells the version of current database
>>>Database date: Tells the release date of current database
>>>Database id: Tells the ID of current database
>>>Database server: Tells the server where updates are located.
>>>Last connection: Tells the last connection to the server by the user
::Buttons::
In this section there are 2 buttons:
>>>Close: This button closes the update window
>>>Connect: With this button Nixory will try to connect to the server (Obviously an active internet connection is needed). If there are new definitions the database will be updated.
| ::Event log Window:: |
The event log window shows the last actions and events happened using the program (Ex: update completed, scan completed, etc.). You can open this window using the 'Event log' option under 'Actions' in the menu bar of the Main window:
::Info List::
A list with the last 60 events in chronological order with the date and time for each of them.
::Buttons::
In this window there's only one button:
>>>Close: This button closes the event log window
| ::Groups of data miner: High, Medium, Low:: |
Nixory subdivides data miners in 3 categories. Here's a brief description for each of them:
::Low priority::
The data miners of this group are not really dangerous. They can take not important information about yourself.
::Medium priority::
Data miners of this group can violate your privacy. In most cases are quite dangerous, because they take private information.
::High priority::
Cookies of this group are real data miners, and in most cases they are dangerous.