Kerio Control Web Filter service prevents users from visiting websites that are known to contain malicious content, including viruses, spyware, Trojans, or web pages that engage in phishing attacks or online identity theft.
Kerio Control Web Filter, integrated as a security service in Kerio Control, organises sites into 141 different categories of web content. Administrators block or log access to sites based on specific content categories.
Kerio Control Web Filter
Gateway antivirus primarily blocks known viruses. Kerio Control Web Filter blocks sites known to contain malware, or harmful exploits, preventing unidentified viruses from being downloaded.
It complements gateway anti-virus scanning which blocks known viruses and malware when they are transmitted through the firewall.
Liability protection
Kerio Control Web Filter prevents the viewing of web content that may be deemed objectionable or illicit.
Productivity tool
Log or restrict access based on:
Kerio Control Web Filter categorisations and statistics are viewable through Kerio Control Statistics.

The following web content categories can be blocked by Kerio Control Web Filter:
Child Abuse Images
Web pages that show the physical or sexual abuse / exploitation of children.
Nudity
Web pages that display full or partial nudity with no sexual references or intent.
Pornography
Web pages which contain mages or videos depicting sexual acts, sexual arousal, or explicit nude imagery intended to be sexual in nature.
Auctions & Marketplaces
Web pages devoted to person to person selling or trading of goods and services through classifieds, online auctions, or other means not including "traditional" online business-to-consumer models.
Catalogs
Web pages that have product listings and catalogs but do not have an online shopping option.
Coupons
Web pages dedicated to listing promotional codes, coupons, etc., either for printing for retail use or codes for online shopping.
Marketing Services
Web pages dedicated to advertising agencies and other marketing services that don?t include online banner ads.
Online Ads
Companies, web pages, and sites responsible for hosting online advertisements including advertising graphics, banners, and pop-up content. Also includes web pages that host source code for dynamically generated ads and pop-ups.
Online Shopping
Websites and web pages that provide a means to purchase online.
Product Reviews & Price Comparisons
Web pages dedicated to helping consumers comparison shop or choose products or stores, but don't offer online purchasing options.
+ Society / Education / Religion
Abortion
Web pages that discuss abortion from a historical, medical, legal, or other not overtly biased point of view.
Abortion - Pro Choice
Web pages that push the pro-choice viewpoint or otherwise overtly encourage abortions.
Abortion - Pro Life
Web pages that condemn abortion or otherwise overtly push a pro-life agenda.
Atheism & Agnosticism
Web pages that pursue an anti-religion agenda or that challenge religious, spiritual, metaphysical, or supernatural beliefs.
Biotechnology
Web pages which include genetics research, biotechnology firms and research institutions.
Educational Institutions
Web pages for schools with an online presence including Universities, private and public schools and other real-world places of learning.
Educational Materials & Studies
Web pages with academic publications, journals, published research findings, curriculum, online learning courses and materials or study guides.
Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual
Web pages that cater to or discuss the gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender lifestyle.
Government Sponsored
Web pages devoted to Government organizations, departments, or agencies. Includes police, fire (when employed by a city), elections commissions, elected representatives, government sponsored programs and research.
Legislation, Politics & Law
Web pages covering legislation, the legislative process, politics, political parties, elections, elected officials and opinions on these topics.
Military
Web pages sponsored by the armed forces and government controlled agencies.
Nature & Conservation
Web pages with information on environmental issues, sustainable living, ecology, nature and the environment.
Non-traditional Religion & Occult
Web pages for religions outside of the mainstream or not in the top ten religions practiced in the world. Also includes occult and supernatural, extraterrestrial, folk religions, mysticism, cults and sects.
Philanthropic Organizations
Web pages with information regarding charities and other non-profit philanthropic organizations and foundations dedicated to altruistic activities.
Physical Security
Web pages devoted to businesses and services related to security products or other security aspects excluding computer security.
Religions
Web pages which cover main-stream popular religions world-wide as well as general religion topics and theology.
Retirement Homes & Assisted
Living Web pages containing information on retirement homes and communities including nursing care and hospice care.
Sex Education & Pregnancy
Web pages with educational materials and clinical explanations of sex, safe sex, birth control, pregnancy, and similar topics aimed at teens and children.
School Cheating
Web pages that contain test answers, pre-written term papers and essays, full math problem solvers that show the work and similar web sites that can be used to cheat on homework and tests.
Botnet
Web pages or compromised web servers running software that is used by hackers to send spam, phishing attacks and denial of service attacks.
Command and Control Centers
Internet servers used to send commands to infected machines called "bots."
Criminal Skills
Web pages providing information on how to perpetrate illegal activities such as burglary, murder, bomb-making, lock picking, etc.
Hacking
Web pages with information or tools specifically intended to assist in online crime such as the unauthorized access to computers, but also pages with tools and information that enables fraud and other online crime.
Piracy & Copyright Theft
Web pages that provide access to illegally obtained files such as pirated software (aka warez), pirated movies, pirated music, etc.
Hate Speech
Web pages that promote extreme right/left wing groups, sexism, racism, religious hate and other discrimination.
Profanity
Web pages that use either frequent profanity or serious profanity.
Violence
Web pages that promote questionable activities such as violence and militancy.
Gambling
Web pages which promote gambling, lotteries, casinos and betting agencies involving chance.
Games
Web pages consisting of computer games, game producers and online gaming.
Architecture & Construction
Web pages which involve construction, contractors, structural design, architecture and all businesses or services related to the design, building or engineering of structures and environments.
Arts
Web pages that discuss abortion from a historical, medical, legal, or other not overtly biased point of view.
Cartoons, Anime & Comic Books
Web pages that push the pro-choice viewpoint or otherwise overtly encourage abortions.
Entertainment News & Celebrity Sites
Web pages that condemn abortion or otherwise overtly push a pro-life agenda.
Entertainment Venues & Events
Web pages that pursue an anti-religion agenda or that challenge religious, spiritual, metaphysical, or supernatural beliefs.
Humor
Web pages which include genetics research, biotechnology firms and research institutions.
Kids' Pages
Web pages for schools with an online presence including Universities, private and public schools and other real-world places of learning.
Music
Web pages with academic publications, journals, published research findings, curriculum, online learning courses and materials or study guides.
Photo Sharing
Web pages that cater to or discuss the gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender lifestyle.
Television & Movies
Web pages devoted to Government organizations, departments, or agencies. Includes police, fire (when employed by a city), elections commissions, elected representatives, government sponsored programs and research.
Web-based Greeting Cards
Web pages covering legislation, the legislative process, politics, political parties, elections, elected officials and opinions on these topics.
Community Forums
Web pages dedicated to forums, newsgroups, email archives, bulletin boards, and other community-driven content.
Contests & Surveys
Web pages devoted to online sweepstakes, contests, giveaways and raffles typically designed to obtain consumer information and demographics, but also used as part of various marketing efforts.
Chat
Web pages with real-time chat rooms and messaging allowing strangers and friends to chat in groups both in public and private chats.
Image Search
Web pages and internet search engines used to search pictures and photos found across the Internet where the returned results include thumbnails of the found images.
Instant Messenger
Instant messaging software and web pages that typically involve staying in touch with a list of ?buddies? via messaging services.
Internet Phone & VOIP
Web pages that allow users to make calls via the web or to download software that allows users to make calls over the Internet.
Login Screens
Web pages which are used to login to a wide variety of services where the actual service is not known, but could be any of several categories (e.g. Yahoo and Google login pages).
Mobile Phones
Web pages which contain content for Mobile phone manufacturers and mobile phone companies? websites. Also includes sites that sell mobile phones and accessories.
News
Web pages with general news information such as newspapers and magazines.
Online Information Management
Web pages devoted to online personal information managers such as web applications that manage to-do lists, calendars, address books, etc.
Portal Sites
General web pages with customized personal portals, including white/yellow pages.
Reference Materials & Maps
Web pages which contain reference materials and are specific to data compilations and reference shelf material such as atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedias, census and other reference data.
R-Rated
Web pages whose primary purpose and majority of content is child appropriate, but who have regular or irregular sections of the site with sexually themed, noneducational material.
Search Engines
Web pages supporting the searching of web, newsgroups, pictures, directories, and other online content.
Text Messaging & SMS
Web pages used to send or receive simple message service (SMS) text messages between a web page and a mobile phone.
Translator
Web pages which translate languages from one to another.
Web-based E-mail
Web pages which enable users to send and/or receive email through a web accessible email account.
Wikis
Web pages or websites in which a community maintains a set of informational documents where anyone in the community can update the content.
Anonymizer
Web pages that promote proxies and anonymizers for surfing websites with the intent of circumventing filters.
Content Servers
Web servers without any navigable web pages typically used to host images and other media files with the purpose of improving web page performance and site scalability.
Information Security
Web pages and companies that provide computer and network security services, hardware, software or information.
Personal Storage
Web sites used for remote storage of files, sharing of large files, and remote Internet backups.
Redirect
Web pages that redirect to other pages on other web sites.
Remote Access
Web pages that provide remote access to private computers or networks, internal network file shares, and internal web applications.
Software, Hardware & Electronics
Web pages with information about or makers of computer equipment, computer software, hardware, peripherals, data networks, computer services and electronics.
Technology (General)
Web pages which include web design, internet standards (such as RFCs), protocol specifications, and other broad technology discussions or news.
Web Hosting, ISP & Telco
Web pages for web hosting and blog hosting sites, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and telecommunications (phone) companies.
Alcohol
Web pages that promote, advocate or sell alcohol including beer, wine and hard liquor.
Illegal Drugs
Web pages that promote the use or information of common illegal drugs and the misuse of prescription drugs and compounds.
Marijuana
Web pages about the plant or about smoking the marijuana plant. Includes web pages on legalizing marijuana and using marijuana for medicinal purposes, marijuana facts and info pages.
Tobacco
Web pages promoting the use of tobacco related products (cigarettes, cigars, pipes).
Agriculture
Web pages devoted to the science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, raising livestock, and products, services, tips, tricks, etc. related to farming.
Astrology & Horoscopes
Web pages related to astrology, horoscopes, divination according to the stars, or the zodiac.
Dating
Web pages that promote relationships such as dating and marriage.
Fashion & Beauty
Web pages devoted to fashion and beauty information and tips. Includes web pages that market products or services related to fashion including clothing, jewelry, cosmetics and perfume.
Fitness & Recreation
Web pages with tips and information on fitness or recreational activities.
Food & Restaurants
Web pages related to food from restaurants and dining, to cooking and recipes.
Hobbies & Leisure
Web pages which include tips and information about crafts, and hobbies such as sewing, stamp collecting, model airplane building, etc.
Home & Office Furnishings
Web pages that include furniture makers, retail furniture outlets, desks, couches, chairs, cabinets, etc.
Home, Garden & Family
Web pages which cover activities in the home and pertaining to the family. Includes tips and information about parenting, interior decorating , gardening, cleaning, family and entertaining.
Literature & Books
Web pages for published writings including fiction and non-fiction novels, poems and biographies.
Nutrition & Diet
Web pages on losing weight and eating healthy, diet plans, weight loss programs and food allergies.
Parks, Rec Facilities & Gyms
Web pages which include parks and other areas designated for recreational activities such as swimming, skateboarding, rock climbing, as well as for non-professional sports such as community athletic fields.
Pets & Animals
Web pages with information or products and services for pets and other animals including birds, fish, and insects.
Self-help & Addiction
Web pages which include sites with information and help on gambling, drug, and alcohol addiction as well as sites helping with eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and over-eating.
Social & Affiliation Organizations
Web pages built around communities of people where users "connect" to other users.
Sport Fighting
Web pages dedicated to training and contests involving fighting disciplines and multi-person combat sports such as martial arts, boxing, wrestling, and fencing.
Sport Hunting
Web pages covering recreational hunting of live animals.
Sports
Web pages covering competitive sports in which multiple people or teams compete in both athletic (e.g. football) and non-athletic competitions (e.g. billiards).
Swimsuits
Web pages containing pictures of people wearing swimsuits. Does not include pictures of swimsuits on manikins or by themselves.
Toys
Web pages dedicated to manufacturers of toys, including toy selling or marketing sites.
Travel
Web pages which provide travel and tourism information, online booking or travel services such as airlines, car rentals, and hotels.
Personal Pages & Blogs
Web pages including blogs, or a format for individuals to share news, opinions, and information about themselves. Also includes personal web pages about an individual or that individual's family.
Private IP Address
Web pages for Private IP addresses are those reserved for use internally in corporations or homes.
Job Search
Web pages devoted to job searches or agencies, career planning and human resources.
Banking
Web pages operated by or all about banks and credit unions, particularly online banking web applications, but excludes online brokerages.
Finance (General)
Includes web pages that discuss economics, investing strategies, money management, retirement planning and tax planning.
Insurance
Web pages the cover any type of insurance, insurance company, or government insurance program from Medicare to car insurance to life insurance.
Online Financial Tools & Quotes
Web pages for investment quotes, online portfolio tracking, financial calculation tools such as mortgage calculators, online tax preparation software, online bill payment and online budget tracking software.
Online Stock Trading
Investment brokerage web pages that allow online trading of stocks, mutual funds and other securities.
Real Estate
Web pages possessing information about renting, purchasing, selling or financing real estate including homes, apartments, office space, etc.
Motorized Vehicles
Web pages which contain information about motorized vehicles including selling, promotion, or discussion. Includes motorized vehicle manufacturers and sites dedicated to the buying and selling of those vehicles.
Weapons
Web pages that include guns and weapons when not used in a violent manner.
Health & Medical
Web pages dedicated to personal health, medical services, medical equipment, procedures, mental health, finding and researching doctors, hospitals and clinics.
Pharmacy
Web pages which include prescribed medications and information about approved drugs and their medical use.
Supplements & Compounds
Web pages containing information on vitamins and other over-the-counter unregulated supplements and compounds.
Phishing / Fraud
Manipulated web pages and emails used for fraudulent purposes, also known as phishing.
Spam
Products and web pages promoted through spam techniques.
Compromised
Web pages that have been compromised by someone other than the site owner, which appear to be legitimate, but house malicious code.
Malware Call-Home
Web pages identified as spyware which report information back to a particular URL.
Malware Distribution Point
Web pages that host viruses, exploits, and other malware.
Spyware & Questionable Software
Web pages containing software that reports information back to a central server such as spyware or keystroke loggers.
Advocacy Groups & Trade Assocations
Web pages dedicated to industry trade groups, lobbyists, unions, special interest groups, professional organizations and other associations comprised of members with common goals.
Businesses & Services (General)
Web pages that include Businesses and Services, generally used unless there is a more specific category that better describes the actual business or service.
Manufacturing
Web pages devoted to businesses involved in manufacturing and industrial production.
Shipping & Logistics
Web pages that promote management of inventory including transportation, warehousing, distribution, storage, order fulfillment and shipping.
Social Networking
Social networking web pages and online communities built around communities of people where users "connect" to other users.
Child Inappropriate
Includes tasteless content and material such as web pages that show cruelty (e.g. to animals), bathroom humor, tasteless material or other material potentially inappropriate for children.
Lingerie, Suggestive & Pinup
Web pages that refer specifically to photos and videos where the person who is the subject of the photo is wearing sexually provocative clothing such as lingerie.
Sex & Erotic
Web pages with sexual content or products or services related to sex, but without nudity or other explicit pictures on the page.
Professional Networking
Social networking web pages intended for professionals and business relationship building.
File Repositories
Web pages including collections of shareware, freeware, open source, and other software downloads.
Peer-to-Peer
Web pages that provide peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing software.
Streaming & Downloadable Audio
Web pages with repositories of music or that provide streaming music or other audio files that may pose a bandwidth risk to companies.
Streaming & Downloadable Video
Web pages with repositories of videos or that provide in-browser streaming videos that may pose a bandwidth risk to companies.
Torrent Repository
Web pages that host repositories of torrent files, which are the instruction file for allowing a bit torrent client to download large files from peers.
Pay to Surf
Web sites that offer cash to users who install their software which displays ads and tracks browsing habits effectively allowing users to be paid while surfing the web.
Miscellaneous
Web pages that do not clearly fall into any other category.
No Content Found
Web pages which contain no discernable content which can be used for classification purposes.
Parked
Web pages that have been purchased to reserve the name but do not have any real content.
Unreachable
Web pages that give an error such as, "Network Timeout", "The server at example.com is taking too long to respond" or "Address Not Found".
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