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Web Category

Web Category

Go to Scan Policy and Object > Web Category to define the rating for specific URL categories as clean, low risk, Medium risk and High risk. Categorized URLs are treated based on the risk level you assigned.

Example:

You change the category Gambling from Low risk to Medium risk then submit the URL http://www.lottolore.com/lotto649.html. The scan result shows Medium risk, the category is Gambling, the indicator shows Gambling (source:customized) and rated by Static Scan Engine.

All the following categories have a Default value. The default rating is Low Risk except URL Shortening, whose default rating is Clean. The following web categories can be defined:

  • Abortion
  • Advocacy Organizations
  • Alcohol and Tobacco
  • Alcohol
  • Child Abuse
  • Crypto Mining
  • Dating
  • Discrimination
  • Drug Abuse
  • Dynamic DNS
  • Explicit Violence
  • Extremist Groups
  • Gambling
  • Grayware
  • Hacking
  • Homosexuality
  • Illegal or Unethical
  • Malicious Websites
  • Marijuana
  • Newly Registered Domain
  • Nudity and Risque
  • Occult
  • Other Adult Materials
  • Phishing
  • Plagiarism
  • Pornography
  • Potentially Unwanted Program
  • Spam URLs
  • Terrorism
  • Tobacco
  • URL Shortening
  • Weapons (Sales)

Web Category

Go to Scan Policy and Object > Web Category to define the rating for specific URL categories as clean, low risk, Medium risk and High risk. Categorized URLs are treated based on the risk level you assigned.

Example:

You change the category Gambling from Low risk to Medium risk then submit the URL http://www.lottolore.com/lotto649.html. The scan result shows Medium risk, the category is Gambling, the indicator shows Gambling (source:customized) and rated by Static Scan Engine.

All the following categories have a Default value. The default rating is Low Risk except URL Shortening, whose default rating is Clean. The following web categories can be defined:

  • Abortion
  • Advocacy Organizations
  • Alcohol and Tobacco
  • Alcohol
  • Child Abuse
  • Crypto Mining
  • Dating
  • Discrimination
  • Drug Abuse
  • Dynamic DNS
  • Explicit Violence
  • Extremist Groups
  • Gambling
  • Grayware
  • Hacking
  • Homosexuality
  • Illegal or Unethical
  • Malicious Websites
  • Marijuana
  • Newly Registered Domain
  • Nudity and Risque
  • Occult
  • Other Adult Materials
  • Phishing
  • Plagiarism
  • Pornography
  • Potentially Unwanted Program
  • Spam URLs
  • Terrorism
  • Tobacco
  • URL Shortening
  • Weapons (Sales)