A free look is provided to case participants when a new pleading is filed. Some antivirus programs access links within emails to verify their safety; in some cases this can use the free look that was intended for the case participant Some changes have been been made to the free look functionality to avoid this issue. In the Maintain Your ECF Account module, a new check box has been added to the "Email Information" screen:

The Enable Confirmation of Free Look to verify your one free look will be used when a document link is clicked from CM/ECF emails (NEFs) option, if selected, inserts an additional confirmation screen when a link is clicked from a CM/ECF NEF email, to allow the user to confirm that the free look will be used. This prevents anti-virus software from using the free look when it checks the links in the email for viruses. 

If the new check box is not selected, the free look is used whenever the link is accessed, as it was in previous releases.