Web Anti-Virus scanning to check links against databases of phishing and malicious web addresses

Scanning links to see if they are included in the list of phishing web addresses allows phishing attacks to be avoided. A phishing attack can be disguised, for example, as an email message from your bank with a link to the official website of the bank. The link takes you to an exact copy of the bank's website and you can even see the address of the bank's original website in the browser. However, you are actually on a counterfeit website. From this point forward, all of your actions are tracked and can be used to steal your money.

Because a link to a phishing website may be received not only in an email message, but also from other sources such as within the text of a message of some instant messenger, Web Anti-Virus monitors attempts to access a phishing website while scanning web traffic and blocks access to such sites. Lists of phishing web addresses are included in the Kaspersky Security distribution kit and are updated as updated lists become available in the application databases.

To configure Web Anti-Virus to check links against the databases of phishing and malicious web addresses via Kaspersky Security Center:

1. Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
2. In the Managed devices folder of the console tree, open the folder with the name of the administration group to which the relevant protected virtual machines belong.
3. In the workspace, select the Policies tab.
4. Select a Light Agent for Windows policy in the list of policies and open the Properties: <Policy name> by double-clicking.
5. In the Light Agent for Windows policy properties window, select the Web Anti-Virus section in the list on the left.

   In the right part of the window, the Web Anti-Virus component's settings are displayed.

6. In the Security level section, click the Settings button.

   The Web Anti-Virus window opens.

7. In the Web Anti-Virus window, on the General tab:
   • If you want Web Anti-Virus to check links against the databases of malicious web addresses, in the Scan methods section, select the Check if links are listed in the database of malicious web addresses check box.
   • If you want Web Anti-Virus to check links against the databases of phishing web addresses, in the Anti-Phishing Settings section, select the Check if links are listed in the database of phishing web addresses check box.

   You can also use the reputation databases of Kaspersky Security Network to check links against the databases of phishing and malicious web addresses.

8. Click OK in the Web Anti-Virus window.
9. Click the Apply button.

To configure Web Anti-Virus to check links against the databases of phishing and malicious web addresses in the local interface:

1. On the protected virtual machine, open the application settings window.
2. In the left part of the window, in the Anti-Virus protection section, select Web Anti-Virus.

   In the right part of the window, the Web Anti-Virus component's settings are displayed.

3. Complete steps 6-8 of the previous instructions.

   If the settings in the local interface are not available, this means that the values of settings defined by the policy are used for all protected virtual machines of the administration group.

4. To save changes, click the Save button.

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