Web Threat Protection

This component is available if Kaspersky Endpoint Security is installed on a computer that runs on Windows for workstations. This component is unavailable if Kaspersky Endpoint Security is installed on a computer that runs on Windows for servers.

The Web Threat Protection component prevents downloads of malicious files from the Internet, and also blocks malicious and phishing websites. The component provides computer protection with the help of anti-virus databases, the Kaspersky Security Network cloud service, and heuristic analysis.

Kaspersky Endpoint Security scans HTTP-, HTTPS- and FTP-traffic. Kaspersky Endpoint Security scans URLs and IP addresses. You can specify the ports that Kaspersky Endpoint Security will monitor, or select all ports.

For HTTPS traffic monitoring, you need to enable encrypted connections scan.

When a user tries to open a malicious or phishing website, Kaspersky Endpoint Security will block access and show a warning (see the figure below).

Website access denied message

In this section: Enabling and disabling Web Threat Protection Changing the web traffic security level Changing the action to take on malicious web traffic objects Using Web Threat Protection to check links against databases of phishing and malicious web addresses Using heuristic analysis in the operation of the Web Threat Protection component Creating the list of trusted web addresses

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