Web Threat Protection, when enabled, validates the authenticity of URLs that users attempt to access. Users can sometimes fall victim to elaborately designed Web sites that use social engineering techniques to elicit confidential information (corporate and personal). Social engineering may be used to induce users to visit Web sites that automatically download malicious code or programs. The malicious code or program, once launched, then runs unknown to the user, in the background. These malicious programs, depending on their design, capture keyboard inputs and give unauthorized users access to and control of the infected computer. Web Threat Protection proactively protects users and network environments by warning users and preventing them from visiting dangerous Web sites.
Trend Micro™ Security (for Macintosh) utilizes Web Reputation to obtain a reputation rating based on the data supplied by the Trend Micro Web Threat Protection feature. Trend Micro recommends setting a weekly update to ensure that your installation has the most current URL Filtering Engine.