Web access protection

Internet connectivity is a standard feature in a personal computer. Unfortunately, it has also become the main medium for transferring malicious code. Web access protection scans HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and HTTPS (encrypted communication) communication between web browsers and remote servers.

Access to web pages known to contain malicious content is blocked before downloading the content. All other web pages are scanned by the ThreatSense scanning engine during loading and blocked if malicious content is detected. Web access protection enables you to block or allow access to URL addresses and exclude addresses from scanning.

We strongly recommend that Web access protection is enabled. This option can be configured in the main program window > Setup > Web and email > Web access protection.

Web access protection will display the following message in your browser when the website is blocked:

The following options are available in Advanced setup (F5) > Web and email > Web access protection:

Basic—To enable or disable this feature from Advanced setup.

Web protocols—Enables you to configure monitoring for these standard protocols which are used by most internet browsers.

URL address management—Enables you to specify URL addresses to block, allow or exclude from checking.

ThreatSense parameters—Advanced virus scanner setup – enables you to configure settings such as types of objects to scan (emails, archives, etc.), detection methods for Web access protection etc.