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# CVE Insights "Alerts" tab

*Applies to: Patch My PC CVE Insights*

The **Alerts** tab of Patch My PC’s (PMPC’s) Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) product, *CVE Insights*, allows you to create and view customized alerts for CVEs relevant to your environment.

There are two ways to create an Alert:

* [Creating an Alert from the Alerts tab](#create-an-alert-from-the-alerts-tab)
* [Creating an Alert from within a CVE](#creating-an-alert-from-within-a-cve)

You can also

* [Edit an Alert](#edit-an-alert)
* [Delete an Alert](#delete-an-alert)

### Create an Alert from the Alerts tab

To create an alert from the **Alerts** tab:

1. Click either **Add Alert** or the plus (**+**) symbol in the top right-hand corner.
2. On the **New Alert** page, type a unique name for this alert in the **Alert Name** field.
3. If you do not wish to add a vendor, go to step 8.
4. Click **Add Vendor**
5. On the **Add Vendor** screen, either:
   1. Select the vendor from the list.
   2. Start typing the name of the vendor in the **Enter vendor name** field.
6. Repeat Step 5 to add any additional vendors.
7. Click **Confirm**
8. If you do not want to add either a **CVSS score** or **Products Impacted**, go to Step 16.
9. If you do not want to add a **CVSS score**, go to Step 11.
10. To add a **CVSS score**, click **Select** in the **CVSS <*****version*****> criticality score** field, select the lowest level CVSS score after which you want to receive notifications (i.e. any scores below this won’t generate a notification), then click **Confirm**.
11. &#x20;If you do not want to add any products, go to Step 16.
12. Click **Add Product**
13. On the **Products** screen, either:
    1. Select the product from the list.
    2. Start typing the product’s name in the **Enter product name** field.
14. Repeat Step 13 to add any additional products.
15. Click **Confirm**
16. On the **New Alert** screen, click **Add Alert**.

{% hint style="danger" %}
**Important**

The first time you create an Alert, you will see a notification asking if you allow CVE Insights to send you notifications. If you don’t click **Allow**, you won’t receive notifications of your alerts outside of the app.
{% endhint %}

The new alert appears on the **Alerts** page.

### Creating an Alert from within a CVE

To create an alert from within a CVE:

1. Click **Add alert**
2. Continue from Step 2. Of the [Create an Alert from the Alerts tab](#create-an-alert-from-the-alerts-tab) process.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note**

When you finish adding an alert from within a CVE, you are returned to the CVE from which you created the alert. To verify the new alert has been created successfully, navigate back to the home page, then click the **Alerts** tab.
{% endhint %}

### Edit an Alert

To edit an Alert:

1. Navigate to the **Alerts** tab.
2. Click the relevant Alert to open it.
3. Click **Edit Alert**
4. On the **Update Alert** page, make any required changes and click **Update Alert**.\
   \
   The **Alerts Details** page is displayed along with the **Alert was updated successfully** notification.
5. Click the back arrow on the **Alert Details** page to navigate back to the list of **Alerts**.

### Delete an Alert

To delete an Alert:

1. Navigate to the **Alerts** tab.
2. Click the relevant Alert to open it.
3. Click **Delete Alert**\
   \
   The **Alerts** page is displayed along with the **Alert was deleted successfully** notification.


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