Checking a website for safety

Kaspersky Small Office Security allows checking the safety of a website before you click a link to open it. The URL Advisor component is used to scan websites (this component is unavailable on a file server).

The URL Advisor component checks links on a web page opened in Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox. Kaspersky Small Office Security displays one of the following icons next to the checked link:

 – if the linked web page is safe according to Kaspersky;

 – if there is no information about the safety status of the linked web page;

– if according to Kaspersky, hackers can cause harm to your computer or your data by using the web page that the link leads to;

 – if according to Kaspersky, the web page that the link leads to can be infected or hacked;

 – if the linked web page is dangerous according to Kaspersky.

To view a pop-up window with more details on the link, move the mouse pointer to the corresponding icon.

By default, Kaspersky Small Office Security checks links in search results only. You can enable URL checking on every website.

To configure URL checking on websites:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Click in the lower part of the main window.

   This opens the Settings window.

3. In the Essential protection section, select the Safe Browsing subsection.

   The window displays the settings for Safe Browsing.

4. By clicking the Advanced Settings link, open the advanced settings of Safe Browsing.
5. In the URL Advisor block, select the Check URLs check box.
6. If you want Kaspersky Small Office Security to scan the content of all websites, select On all websites except those specified.
7. If necessary, specify web pages that you trust in the Exclusions window. Open this window by clicking the Manage exclusions link. Kaspersky Small Office Security will not scan the content of the specified web pages.
8. If you want Kaspersky Small Office Security to check the content of specific web pages only:
   1. Select the On specified websites only option.
   2. Click the Configure checked websites link to open the Checked websites window.
   3. Click Add.
   4. Enter the address of the web page whose content you want to check.
   5. Select the checking status for the web page (if the status is Active, Kaspersky Small Office Security checks web page content).
   6. Click OK.

      The specified web page appears in the list in the Checked websites window. Kaspersky Small Office Security checks URLs on this web page.

9. To configure the advanced settings for URL Advisor, in the Advanced settings of Safe Browsing window, in the URL Advisor section, click the Configure URL Advisor link to open the URL Advisor window.
10. If you want Kaspersky Small Office Security to notify you about the safety of links on all web pages, in the Checked URLs section, select All URLs.
11. If you want Kaspersky Small Office Security to display information about whether a link belongs to a specific category of website content (for example, Profanity, obscenity):
    1. Select the Show information on the categories of website content check box.
    2. Select the check boxes next to categories of website content about which information should be displayed in comments.

Kaspersky Small Office Security checks links on the specified web pages and displays information about categories of the links in accordance with the settings.