aboutwebreputation
This version of ScanMail leverages Web reputation technology which evaluates the integrity of all requested Web pages. Web reputation features help ensure that the pages that users access are safe and free from Web threats, such as malware, spyware, and phishing scams that are designed to trick users into providing personal information.
Web threats encompass a broad array of threats that originate from the Internet. Web threats are sophisticated in their methods, using a combination of various files and techniques rather than a single file or approach. For example, Web threat creators constantly change the version or variant used. Because the Web threat is in a fixed location of a Web site rather than on an infected computer, the Web threat creator constantly modifies its code to avoid detection.
Web reputation blocks Web pages based on their reputation ratings. It queries Trend Micro servers for these ratings, which are correlated form multiple sources, including Web page links, domain and IP address relationships, spam sources, and links in spam messages. By obtaining ratings online, Web reputation uses the latest available information to block harmful pages.
Web reputation helps deter users from following malicious URLs when the feature is enabled. Web reputation queries Trend Micro servers for the reputation rating when an email message with a URL in the message body is received. Depending on the configuration, Web reputation can quarantine, delete, or tag the email message with URLs.
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