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Web Protection
Web Protection module scans the website content for specific words or phrases. It lets you block websites containing pornographic or offensive content. Administrators can use this feature to prevent employees from accessing non-work related websites during preferred duration.
You can configure the following settings.
Filtering Options
This tab has predefined categories that help you control access to the Internet.
Status:
This section lets you allow or block access to specific websites based on Filter Categories. You can set the status as Active or Block web access. Select the Block Web Access option if you want to block all the websites except the ones that have been listed in the Filter Categories. When you select this option, only Filtering Options and Pop-up Filter tabs are available.
Filter Categories:
This section uses the following color codes for allowed and blocked websites.
Green:
It represents an allowed websites category.
Red:
It represents a blocked websites category.
The filter categories used in this section include categories like Pornography, Gambling, Chat, Alcohol, Violence, Drugs, Ratings_block_category, Websites Allowed, etc. You can also add or delete filter categories depending on your requirement.
Category Name:
This section shows the Words/Phrases list. It lists the words or phrases present in the selected category. In addition, the section displays the Site Names list, which lists the websites belonging to the selected category. You can also add or delete filter categories depending on your requirement.
Filter Options:
This section includes the Add sites rejected by the filter to Block category check box. Select this option if you want eScan to add websites that are denied access to the Block category database automatically.
Scanning Options
This tab lets you enable log violations and shutdown program if it violates policies. It also lets you specify ports that need monitoring.
Actions:
This section lets you select the actions that eScan should perform when it detects a security violation.
Log Violations [Default]:
This check box is selected by default. Select this option if you want Web Protection to log all security violations for your future reference.
Shutdown Program in 30 Secs:
Select this option if you want Web Protection to shut down the browser automatically in 30 seconds when any of the defined rules or policies is violated.
Port Setting:
This section lets you specify the port numbers that eScan should monitor for suspicious traffic.
Internet Access (HTTP Port):
Web browsers commonly use the port numbers 80, 8080, 3128, 6588, 4480, and 88 for accessing the Internet. You can add port numbers to the Internet Access (HTTP Port) box to monitor the traffic on those ports.
Define Time Restriction
This section lets you define policies to restrict access to the Internet.
Enable Time Restrictions for Web Access:
Select this option if you want to set restrictions on when a user can access the Internet. By default, all the fields appear dimmed. The fields are available only when you select this option.
The time restriction feature is a grid-based module. The grid is divided into columns based on the days of the week vertically and the time interval horizontally.
Active:
Click on Active and select the appropriate grid if you want to keep web access active on certain days for a specific interval.
Inactive:
Select this option if you want to keep web access inactive on certain days for a specific interval.
Block Web Access:
Select this option if you want to block web access on certain days for a specific interval.
Phishing and Malware URL Filter :
Under Web Protection eScan also provides options to enable Phishing and Malware filters which will detect and prevent any phishing attempts on the system and block all malware attacks.
Advanced Settings
Ignore IP address from Web-scanning:
Select this option to enter IP address form Web-Scanning
Enable Unknown Browser detection:
Select this option to enable/disable unknown browser detection
Enable allowing of WhiteListed Site during BlockTime:
Select this option to enable/disable white listed site during block time
Enable Online Web-Scanning Module:
Select this option to enable/disable online web-scanning module
Disable Web Warning Page:
Select this option to enable/disable web warning page
Enable HTTPS Popup:
Select this option to enable/disable HTTPS Popup
Show External Page for Web blocking (Page to be define under External Page)
:
Select this option to enable/disable external page for web blocking
External Page Link for Web blocking (Depends on Show External Page):
Select this option to enter external page link for web blocking
Force inclusion of Application into Layer scanning (MW Layer):
Select this option to enter Force inclusion of Application into Layer scanning
Enable HTTP Popup (1 = Enable/0 = Disable):
Select this option to enable/disable HTTP pop-ups.
Ignore Reference of sub-link:
Select this option to enable/disable Ignore Reference of sub-link.
Allow access to SubDomain for Whitelisted sites(Only HTTP Sites):
Select this option to enable/disable access to SubDomain for Whitelisted sites.
Allow access to SubDomain for Whitelisted sites(Only HTTPS Sites):
Select this option to enable/disable access to SubDomain for Whitelisted sites.
Enable logging of visited websites:
Select this option to enable/disable logging of visited websites.
Block EXE download from HTTP Sites (1 = Enable/0 = Disable):
Select this option to enable/disable block download of .exe files from HTTP websites.
Block HTTP Traffic only on Web Browser:
Select this option to enable/disable block HTTP Traffic on Web Browser
Allow website list (Depends on "Block HTTP Traffic only on Web Browser"):
Select this option to enter to block HTTP Traffic on Web Browser.
Block Microsoft EDGE Browser (1 = Enable/0 = Disable):
Select this option to enable/disable blocking Microsoft Edge browser.
Enable Web Protection using Filter driver (1 = Enable/0 = Disable):
Select this option to enable/disable web protection using filter driver.
Force Disable Web Protection using Filter driver (1 = Enable/0 = Disable):
Select this option to force enable/disable web protection using filter driver.
WFP Exclude IP List (1 = Enable/0 = Disable):
Select this option to enable/disable excluding IP list from Web Filter Protection.
