Web Control

for Android

The Web Control section lets you configure user access to specific websites and categories of websites.

Web Control supports website filtering by categories defined in the Kaspersky Security Network cloud service. Filtering allows you to restrict user access to certain websites or categories of websites (for example, "Gambling, lotteries, sweepstakes" or "Internet communication"). Web Control is enabled by default.

Web Control on Android devices is supported only in Google Chrome, HUAWEI Browser, Samsung Internet, and Yandex Browser.

Web Control settings for Pro View

Parameter

Description

 

 

Operating mode

The set of settings varies depending on the selected operating mode:

  • Prohibit websites in selected categories. The app will restrict user access to websites depending on their content. This value is selected by default.
  • Allow only listed websites. The app will allow user access only to specified websites.
  • Prohibit all websites. The app will block user access to all websites.

Settings if the Prohibit websites in selected categories mode is selected

Categories

Create a list of prohibited categories by selecting the check boxes next to the categories of websites to which the app will block access:

  • Adult content
  • Software, audio, video
  • Alcohol, tobacco, drugs
  • Violence, intolerance
  • Profanity, obscenity
  • Weapons, explosives, military
  • Gambling, lotteries, sweepstakes
  • Internet communication
  • E-commerce
  • Job search
  • Anonymizers

Settings if the Allow only listed websites mode is selected

Add

Create a list of websites to which the app will allow access.

Website addresses

You can add websites by link (full URL, including the protocol, for example, https://example.com).

To make sure that the app allows access to the specified website in all supported versions of Google Chrome, HUAWEI Browser, Samsung Internet, and Yandex Browser, include the same URL twice — once with the HTTP protocol (for example, http://example.com) and once with the HTTPS protocol (for example, https://example.com).

For example:

  • https://example.com — The main page of the website is allowed. This URL can only be accessed through the HTTP protocol.
  • http://example.com — The main page of the website is allowed, but only when accessed through the HTTP protocol. Other protocols like HTTPS are not affected.
  • https://example.com/page/index.html — Only the index.html page of the website will be allowed. The rest of the website is not affected by this entry.

The app also supports regular expressions. When entering the address of an allowed website, use the following templates:

  • https://example\.com/.* — This template allows all child pages of the website, accessed via the HTTPS protocol (for example, https://example.com/about).
  • https?://example\.com/.* — This template allows all child pages of the website, accessed via both the HTTP and HTTPS protocols.
  • https?://.*\.example\.com — This template allows all subdomain pages of the website (for example, https://pictures.example.com).
  • https?://example\.com/[abc]/.* — This template allows all child pages of the website where the URL path begins with 'a', 'b', or 'c' as the first directory (for example, https://example.com/b/about).
  • https?://\w{3,5}.example\.com/.* — This template allows all child pages of the website where the subdomain consists of a word with 3 to 5 characters (for example, http://abde.example.com/about).

For more details on regular expressions, please refer to the Oracle Technical Support website.

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