Smart protection includes services that provide anti-malware
signatures, web reputations, and threat databases that are stored
in-the-cloud.
Smart protection services include:
-
File Reputation Services:
File
Reputation Services off-loads a large number of anti-malware signatures
that were previously stored on
client computers
to smart protection sources. For details, see
File Reputation Services.
-
Web Reputation Services:
Web Reputation Services allows local smart protection
sources to host URL reputation data that were previously hosted
solely by
Trend Micro.
Both technologies ensure smaller bandwidth consumption when updating
patterns or checking a URL’s validity. For details, see
Web Reputation Services.
-
Smart Feedback:
Trend Micro continues
to harvest information anonymously sent from
Trend Micro products worldwide
to proactively determine each new threat. For details, see
Smart Feedback.