Visit the Trend Micro Site Safety Center to check the website categories of certain
URLs.
URL categories are organized into the following URL filtering groups.
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URL Category Group
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Grouping Definition for URL Categories
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Adult
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Websites generally considered inappropriate for children
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Business
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Websites related to business, employment, or commerce
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Communications and Search
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Websites that provide tools and services for online
communications and searches.
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General
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Websites that do not fall into or have not been classified into
the other categories.
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Internet Security
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Potentially harmful websites, including those known to distribute
malicious software
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Lifestyle
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Websites about religious, political, or sexual preferences, as
well as recreation and entertainment
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Network Bandwidth
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Websites offering services that can significantly impact the
speed of the computer's Internet connection
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URL Filtering Category Group
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URL Filtering Category Type
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URL Filtering Category Definition
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Adult
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Abortion
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Sites that promote, encourage, or discuss abortion, including
sites that cover moral or political views on abortion
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Adult
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Adult/Mature Content
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Sites with profane or vulgar content generally considered
inappropriate for minors; includes sites that offer erotic
content or ads for sexual services, but excludes sites with
sexually explicit images
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Adult
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Alcohol/Tobacco
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Sites that promote, sell, or provide information about alcohol or
tobacco products
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Adult
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Gambling
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Sites that promote or provide information on gambling, including
online gambling sites
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Adult
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Illegal Drugs
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Sites that promote, glamorize, supply, sell, or explain how to
use illicit or illegal intoxicants
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Adult
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Illegal/Questionable
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Sites that promote and discuss how to perpetrate nonviolent
crimes, including burglary, fraud, intellectual property theft,
and plagiarism; includes sites that sell plagiarized or stolen
materials
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Adult
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Intimate Apparel/Swimsuit
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Sites that sell swimsuits or intimate apparel with models wearing
them
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Adult
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Marijuana
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Sites that discuss the cultivation, use, or preparation of
marijuana, or sell related paraphernalia
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Adult
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Nudity
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Sites showing nude or partially nude images that are generally
considered artistic, not vulgar or pornographic
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Adult
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Pornography
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Sites with sexually explicit imagery designed for sexual arousal,
including sites that offer sexual services
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Adult
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Sex Education
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Sites with or without explicit images that discuss reproduction,
sexuality, birth control, sexually transmitted disease, safe
sex, or coping with sexual trauma
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Adult
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Tasteless
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Sites with content that is gratuitously offensive and shocking;
includes sites that show extreme forms of body modification or
mutilation and animal cruelty
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Adult
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Violence/Hate/Racism
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Sites that promote hate and violence; includes sites that espouse
prejudice against a social group, extremely violent and
dangerous activities, mutilation and gore, or the creation of
destructive devices
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Adult
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Weapons
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Sites about weapons, including their accessories and use;
excludes sites about military institutions or sites that discuss
weapons as sporting or recreational equipment
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Business
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Auctions
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Sites that serve as venues for selling or buying goods through
bidding, including business sites that are being auctioned
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Business
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Brokerage/Trading
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Sites about investments in stocks or bonds, including online
trading sites; includes sites about vehicle insurance
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Business
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Business/Economy
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Sites about business and the economy, including entrepreneurship
and marketing; includes corporate sites that do not fall under
other categories
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Business
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Financial Services
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Sites that provide information about or offer basic financial
services, including sites owned by businesses in the financial
industry
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Business
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Job Search/Careers
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Sites about finding employment or employment services
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Business
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Real Estate
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Sites about real estate, including those that provide assistance
selling, leasing, purchasing, or renting property
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Business
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Shopping
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Sites that sell goods or support the sales of goods that do not
fall under other categories; excludes online auction or bidding
sites
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Communications and Search
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Blogs/Web Communications
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Blog sites or forums on varying topics or topics not covered by
other categories; sites that offer multiple types of web-based
communication, such as e-mail or instant messaging
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Communications and Search
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Chat/Instant Messaging
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Sites that provide web-based services or downloadable software
for text-based instant messaging or chat
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Communications and Search
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Coin Miners
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Potentially unwanted scripts or executable files
that perform actions related to cryptocurrency such as coin
mining
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Communications and Search
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Email
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Sites that provide email services, including portals used by
companies for web-based email
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Communications and Search
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Internet Infrastructure
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Content servers, image servers, or sites used to gather, process,
and present data and data analysis, including web-based analytic
tools and network monitors
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Communications and Search
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Internet Telephony
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Sites that provide web services or downloadable software for
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls
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Communications and Search
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Newsgroups
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Sites that offer access to Usenet or provide other newsgroup,
forum, or bulletin board services
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Communications and Search
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Proxy Avoidance and Anonymizers
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Sites which can be used to circumvent proxy servers
and web filtering systems, or make Internet activity anonymous
or untraceable, including sites that provide tools for those
purposes
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Communications and Search
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Search Engines/Portals
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Search engine sites or portals that provide directories, indexes,
or other retrieval systems for the web
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Communications and Search
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Social Networking
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Sites devoted to personal expression or communication, linking
people with similar interests
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Communications and Search
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Web Hosting
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Sites of organizations that provide top-level domains or web
hosting services
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General
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Computers/Internet
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Sites about computers, the Internet, or related technology,
including sites that sell or provide reviews of electronic
devices
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General
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Education
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School sites, distance learning sites, and other
education-related sites
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General
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Government/Legal
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Sites about the government, including laws or policies; excludes
government military or health sites
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General
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Health
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Sites about health, fitness, or well-being
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General
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Military
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Sites about military institutions or armed forces; excludes sites
that discuss or sell weapons or military equipment
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General
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Miscellaneous
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Sites that have been tested and not been classified
into the other categories
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General
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News/Media
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Sites about the news, current events, contemporary issues, or the
weather; includes online magazines whose topics do not fall
under other categories
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General
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Politics
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Sites that discuss or are sponsored by political parties,
interest groups, or similar organizations involved in public
policy issues; includes non-hate sites that discuss conspiracy
theories or alternative views on government
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General
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Reference
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General and specialized reference sites, including map,
encyclopedia, dictionary, weather, how-to, and conversion
sites
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General
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Translators/Cached Pages
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Online page translators or cached Web pages (used by search
engines), which can be used to circumvent proxy servers and Web
filtering systems
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General
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Untested
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Sites that have not been classified under a category
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General
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Vehicles
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Sites about motorized transport, including customization,
procurement of parts and actual vehicles, or repair services;
excludes sites about military vehicles
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Internet Security
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Adware
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Sites with downloads that display advertisements or
other promotional content; includes sites that install browser
helper objects (BHOs)
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Internet Security
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Category C&C Server
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Sites that use the servers/repositories that harbor
command-and control (C&C) servers and dropzones in the
C&C Global Intelligence list
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Internet Security
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Disease Vector
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Sites that directly or indirectly facilitate the
distribution of malicious software or source code
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Internet Security
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Insecure IoT connections
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Insecure internet connections that may potentially
abuse, compromise or damage IoT devices
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Internet Security
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Made for AdSense
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Sites that use scraped or copied content to pollute search
engines with redundant and generally unwanted results
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Internet Security
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Malicious Domain
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Sites that use domains that host malicious payloads;
such domains cannot be reclassified
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Internet Security
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Malware Accomplice
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Sites used by malicious programs, including sites
used to host upgrades or store stolen information
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Internet Security
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Newly Observed Domain
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Domains that have not been classified by Trend Micro
and were recently observed for the first time or recently became
active, but are not necessarily newly registered, such as
throwaway domains
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Internet Security
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Phishing
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Fraudulent sites that mimic legitimate sites to
gather sensitive information, such as user names and
passwords
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Internet Security
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Potentially Malicious Software
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Sites that contain potentially harmful downloads
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Internet Security
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Ransomware
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Sites that directly or indirectly facilitate the distribution of
ransomware
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Internet Security
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Scam
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Scam is an attempt to defraud a person or group
after first gaining their confidence, used in the classical
sense of trust. It is different from either Phishing or
Spam.
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Internet Security
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Spam
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Sites whose addresses have been found in spam
messages
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Internet Security
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Spyware
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Sites with downloads that gather and transmit data
from computers owned by unsuspecting users
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Internet Security
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Web Advertisement
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Sites dedicated to displaying advertisements, including sites
used to display banner or pop-up ads
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Lifestyle
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Activist Groups
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Sites that promote change in public policy, public opinion,
social practice, economic activities, or economic relationships;
includes sites controlled by service, philanthropic,
professional, or labor organizations
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Lifestyle
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Alternative Journals
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Online equivalents of supermarket tabloids and other fringe
publications
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Lifestyle
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Arts
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Sites about visual arts, such as painting and sculpture.
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Lifestyle
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Cult/Occult
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Sites about alternative religions, beliefs, and religious
practices, including those considered cult or occult
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Lifestyle
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Cultural Institutions
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Sites controlled by organizations that seek to preserve cultural
heritage, such as libraries or museums; also covers sites owned
by the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, Rotary International, and
similar organizations
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Lifestyle
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Entertainment
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Sites that promote or provide information about movies, music,
non-news radio and television, books, humor, or magazines
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Lifestyle
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For Kids
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Sites designed for children
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Lifestyle
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Games
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Sites about board games, card games, console games, or computer
games; includes sites that sell games or related merchandise
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Lifestyle
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Gun Clubs/Hunting
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Sites about gun clubs or similar groups; includes sites about
hunting, war gaming, or paintball facilities
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Lifestyle
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Humor
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Sites intended for humor.
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Lifestyle
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Personal Sites
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Sites maintained by individuals about themselves or their
interests; excludes personal pages in social networking sites,
blog sites, or similar services
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Lifestyle
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Personals/Dating
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Sites that help visitors establish relationships, including sites
that provide singles listings, matchmaking, or dating
services
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Lifestyle
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Recreation/Hobbies
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Sites about recreational activities and hobbies, such as
collecting, gardening, outdoor activities, traditional
(non-video) games, and crafts; includes sites about pets,
recreational facilities, or recreational organizations
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Lifestyle
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Religion
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Sites about popular religions, their practices, or their places
of worship
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Lifestyle
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Restaurants/Food
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Sites that list, review, discuss, advertise, or promote food,
catering, dining services, cooking, or recipes
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Lifestyle
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Society/Lifestyle
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Sites that provide information about life or daily matters;
excludes sites about entertainment, hobbies, sex, or sports, but
includes sites about cosmetics or fashion
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Lifestyle
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Sports
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Sites about sports or other competitive physical activities;
includes fan sites or sites that sell sports merchandise
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Lifestyle
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Travel
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Sites about travelling or travel destinations; includes travel
booking and planning sites
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Network Bandwidth
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Internet Radio and TV
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Sites that primarily provide streaming radio or TV programming;
excludes sites that provide other kinds of streaming content
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Network Bandwidth
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Pay to Surf
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Sites that compensate users who view certain websites, email
messages, or advertisements or users who click links or respond
to surveys
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Network Bandwidth
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Peer-to-Peer
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Sites that provide information about or software for sharing and
transferring files within a peer-to-peer (P2P) network
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Network Bandwidth
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Photo Searches
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Sites that primarily host images, allowing users to share,
organize, store, or search for photos or other images
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Network Bandwidth
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Ringtones/Mobile Phone Downloads
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Sites that provide content for mobile devices, including
ringtones, games, or videos
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Network Bandwidth
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Sharing Services
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Sites that provide personal online storage, backup, or hosting
space, including those that provide encryption or other security
services
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Network Bandwidth
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Software Downloads
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Sites dedicated to providing free, trial, or paid software
downloads
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Network Bandwidth
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Streaming Media/MP3
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Sites that offer streaming video or audio content without radio
or TV programming; sites that provide music or video downloads,
such as MP3 or AVI files
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