Blocking Malicious Websites

On this page, you can activate defense feature against malicious website which prevent you from accessing to malicious websites that lead to phishing sites or downloading malicious files, as well as user-specified blocked sites. When you try to access a blocked site, access is denied and a website block page appears. By registering harmful websites such as adult sites or gambling sites, or sites that are prohibited from being accessed by a company or organization, you can prevent problems caused by accessing harmful sites.

To block Malicious Websites, complete the following steps:

1. Open V3 Net 9.0.
2. Click Settings () and go to Network Protection > Content Filtering.
3. Click on Malicious Website tab.
4. Specify the respective settings – Malicious Websites Blocking Options and Site Filtering.
5. If you want to apply the default settings, click Default.
6. Click Apply to apply the settings.
7. Click OK to close the open window.

Malicious Websites Blocking Options

You can configure options for blocking malicious websites by selecting the check box of Block malicious sites and the options below.

• Block malicious websites: Select whether to enable malicious website blocking feature. Malicious websites refer to types of websites that tamper with a legitimate website and cause users to download malicious code when they access the site. These sites are identified based on the site addresses collected by the AhnLab Smart Defense cloud server.
• Run on Monitoring Mode: Select the check box to run on monitoring mode for malicious websites. When enabled, it only detects malicious websites without blocking them.
• Block phishing websites: phishing websites are fraudulent sites that deceive users, determined based on the Anti-Phishing Working Group's database. Select the check box to enable phishing websites blocking.
• Block potentially unwanted websites: Potentially Unwanted Websites (PUS) do not distribute malware or qualify as phishing sites but may prompt the installation of potentially unwanted programs (PUP) or redirect users to irrelevant sites. Select the check box to block potentially unwanted websites.

Note For the Malicious Website Block feature to work properly on Chrome based browser, you must delete all cached data in the browsing data. To delete, go to Settings > Privacy and security > Delete Browsing data.

Site Filtering

Site Filtering enables users to add a list of sites they trust or want to block. To use Site Filtering, you must select the check box of Block malicious websites.

• URL: Enter the URL of the website to allow/block.
• Allow: Register the website you enter the URL as allowed website.
• Block: Register the website you enter the URL as blocked website.
• Delete: Delete the website registered in the site filtering list.

Note Websites set by user can be added up to 300 URLs and https supports only top-level domains.