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Smart Protection Services

Smart protection services provide anti-malware signatures, web reputations, and threat databases that are stored in-the-cloud. Smart protection leverages file reputation technology to detect security risks and web reputation to proactively block malicious Web sites. File reputation technology works by off loading a large number of anti-malware signatures that were previously stored on endpoint computers to the Smart Protection Network or Smart Protection Servers. Web reputation technology hosts URLs that were previously stored on the Smart Protection Network, to the Smart Protection Servers. Both technologies ensure smaller bandwidth consumption when updating patterns or querying URL validity.

Additionally, Trend Micro continues to harvest information anonymously sent from Trend Micro products worldwide to proactively determine each new threat.

Smart protection services leverage the following technologies:

• File Reputation

• Web Reputation

• Smart Feedback

See also:

• Smart Protection Sources

• Smart Protection Network Solutions