The web resource content categories (hereinafter also referred to as "categories") listed below have been selected to most fully describe the blocks of data hosted by web resources, taking into account their functional and thematic features. The order in which the categories appear in this list does not reflect the relative importance or prevalence of such categories on the Internet. The category names are provisional and used solely for the purposes of Kaspersky applications and websites. The names do not necessarily reflect the meaning implied by law. One web resource can belong to several categories at once.
Adult content
This category generally includes web resources related to the sexual aspect of human relationships, philosophies, sex shops, etc. This includes content in any form or format.
Alcohol, tobacco, drugs
This category generally includes web resources that mention alcohol, drugs, or tobacco of any kind, including advertising, historical, medical and educational resources. This also includes web resources where devices for the use of these substances are described or sold.
Violence
This category includes web resources containing any photo-, video- or text materials describing acts of physical or psychological violence directed against people or cruel treatment of animals, which serve as an intended purpose of this content.
Works of art may be exceptions in this category.
Profanity, obscenity
This category includes web resources where profane language has been detected.
This category also includes web resources with linguistic and philological materials containing profanity as the subject of study.
Weapons, explosives, pyrotechnics
This category includes web resources with information about weapons, explosives, and pyrotechnical products.
The term "weapons" means appliances, items, and means designed to harm the life or health of humans and animals and/or damage equipment and structures.
Job search
This category includes web resources designed to bring together employers and job seekers. This specifically includes the following:
Anonymizers
This category includes web resources that act as an intermediary in downloading content of other web resources using special web applications for doing the following:
Software, audio, video
This category generally includes web resources that provide the capability to download related files.
Torrent trackers and web resources that help organize their work.
Web resources that provide the capability for file sharing.
Web resources from which you can download or view/listen to video/audio files.
Gambling, lotteries, sweepstakes
This category includes web resources offering:
Internet communication
This category generally includes web resources that allow specific users (registered or not) to send personalized messages to other users. There are a number of web resources designed for communication.
Web-based email – exclusively login pages of an email service and mailbox pages containing emails and associated data (such as personal contacts). This category is not assigned to other web pages of an Internet service provider that also offers email service.
Social networks – websites designed for building, displaying, and managing contacts between persons, organizations, and governments, which require registering a user account as a condition of participation.
This category includes web chats as well as web resources designed to distribute or support instant messaging applications that enable real-time communication. It also includes forums, which are special web services for public discussion of various topics while saving the correspondence.
Blogs – web resources intended for a public discussion of various topics by means of special web applications, including blog platforms (websites that offer pay-for or free blog creation and maintenance services).
Online dating resources that help organize dating between people, including acquaintances without sexual implications.
Online stores, banks, payment systems
This category generally includes web resources designed for any non-cash online transactions using special-purpose web applications. This also includes web resources that help rent, buy, or sell real estate.
Online stores and online auctions selling any goods, work or services to individuals and/or legal entities, including websites of stores that conduct sales exclusively online and online profiles of physical stores that accept online payments.
Web resources of banks.
This category includes the following web pages:
This subcategory includes websites offering services for buying and selling cryptocurrency as well as informational services concerning cryptocurrencies and mining.
Computer games
This category includes web resources devoted to computer games of various genres. This also includes gaming communities and services.
Religions, religious associations
This category includes web resources with materials on public movements, associations, and organizations with a religious ideology and/or cult in any manifestations.
News media
News portals on any topic, including social news, news aggregators, and rss newsletters.
Banners
This category includes web resources with banners. Advertising information on banners may distract users from their activities, while banner downloads increase the amount of traffic.
Regional legal restrictions
Web resources provided upon agreement with the Japanese police only for products of the Japanese market.