URL filtering

The availability of this feature depends on the service quotas that are enabled for your account.

Malware is often distributed by malicious or infected sites and uses the so-called Drive-by download method of infection.

The URL filtering functionality allows you to protect machines from threats like malware and phishing coming from the Internet. You can protect your organization by blocking user access to the websites that could have malicious content.

URL filtering also allows you to control web usage to comply with the external regulations and internal company policies. You can configure access to the websites depending on the category they relate to. URL filtering currently supports 44 website categories, and allows management of access to them.

Currently, the protection agent checks HTTP/HTTPS connections on Windows machines.

The URL filtering feature requires an internet connection to function.

To prevent possible compatibility issues with protection agent builds 15.0.26692 (release C21.03 HF1) and earlier, the URL filtering functionality will be automatically disabled if another antivirus solution is detected, or if the Windows Security Center service is not present on the system.

In later protection agents, the compatibility issues are resolved, so URL filtering is always enabled according to the policy.