Trend Micro delivers
File Reputation Services and Web Reputation Services to OfficeScan and smart protection
sources.
Smart protection sources provide File Reputation Services by
hosting the majority of the virus/malware pattern definitions. OfficeScan clients host
the remaining definitions. A client sends
scan queries to smart protection sources if its own pattern definitions cannot
determine the risk of the file. Smart protection sources determine
the risk using identification information.
Smart protection sources provide Web Reputation Services by hosting
web reputation data previously available only through Trend Micro hosted servers. A client sends web
reputation queries to smart protection sources to check the reputation
of websites that a user is attempting to access. The client correlates a website’s
reputation with the specific web reputation policy enforced on the
computer to determine whether access to the site will be allowed
or blocked.
The smart protection source to which a client connects
depends on the client's
location. Clients can
connect to either Trend Micro Smart
Protection Network or Smart Protection Server.