IntelliTrap detection uses a scan option in the Trend Micro’s virus scanning engine with IntelliTrap pattern (for potentially malicious files) and IntelliTrap Exception pattern (as an allowed list). Cloud Edge uses the IntelliTrap option and patterns available for detecting malicious compressed files, such as bots in compressed files. Virus writers often attempt to circumvent virus filtering by using different file compression schemes. IntelliTrap provides a heuristic evaluation of compressed files to help reduce the risk that a bot or any other malicious compressed file might cause to a network.