URL categories are organized into the following URL filtering groups:
| Category Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Adult/Mature Content | Sites with profane or vulgar content generally considered inappropriate for minors; includes sites that offer erotic content or ads for sexual services, but excludes sites with sexually explicit images. |
| Pornography | Sites with sexually explicit imagery designed for sexual arousal, including sites that offer sexual services. |
| Sex Education | Sites with or without explicit images that discuss reproduction, sexuality, birth control, sexually transmitted disease, safe sex, or coping with sexual trauma. |
| Intimate Apparel/Swimsuit | Sites that sell swimsuits or intimate apparel with models wearing them. |
| Nudity | Sites showing nude or partially nude images that are generally considered artistic, not vulgar or pornographic. |
| Alcohol Tobacco | Sites that promote, sell, or provide information about alcohol or tobacco products. |
| Illegal/Questionable | Sites that promote and discuss how to perpetrate nonviolent crimes, including burglary, fraud, intellectual property theft, and plagiarism; includes sites that sell plagiarized or stolen materials. |
| Tasteless | Sites with content that is gratuitously offensive and shocking; includes sites that show extreme forms of body modification or mutilation and animal cruelty. |
| Gambling | Sites that promote or provide information on gambling, including online gambling sites. |
| Violence/Hate/Racism | Sites that promote hate and violence; includes sites that espouse prejudice against a social group, extremely violent and dangerous activities, mutilation and gore, or the creation of destructive devices. |
| Weapons | Sites about weapons, including their accessories and use; excludes sites about military institutions or sites that discuss weapons as sporting or recreational equipment . |
| Abortion | Sites that promote, encourage, or discuss abortion, including sites that cover moral or political views on abortion. |
| Illegal Drugs | Sites that promote, glamorize, supply, sell, or explain how to use illicit or illegal intoxicants. |
| Marijuana | Sites that discuss the cultivation, use, or preparation of marijuana, or sell related paraphernalia. |
| Category Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Business/Economy | Sites that serve as venues for selling or buying goods through bidding, including business sites that are being auctioned. |
| Financial Services | Sites that provide information about or offer basic financial services, including sites owned by businesses in the financial industry. |
| Brokerage/Trading | Sites about investments in stocks or bonds, including online trading sites; includes sites about vehicle insurance. |
| Job Search/Careers | Sites about finding employment or employment services. |
| Shopping | Blog sites or forums on varying topics or topics not covered by other categories; sites that offer multiple types of web-based communication, such as e-mail or instant messaging. |
| Auctions | Blog sites or forums on varying topics or topics not covered by other categories; sites that offer multiple types of web-based communication, such as e-mail or instant messaging. |
| Real Estate | Sites about real estate, including those that provide assistance selling, leasing, purchasing, or renting property. |
| Category Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Internet Telephony | Sites that provide web services or downloadable software for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls. |
| Proxy Avoidance and Anonymizers | Sites which can be used to circumvent proxy servers and web filtering systems, or make Internet activity anonymous or untraceable, including sites that provide tools for those purposes. |
| Search Engines/Portals | Search engine sites or portals that provide directories, indexes, or other retrieval systems for the web. |
| Internet Infrastructure | Content servers, image servers, or sites used to gather, process, and present data and data analysis, including web-based analytic tools and network monitors. |
| Blogs/Web Communications | Blog sites or forums on varying topics or topics not covered by other categories; sites that offer multiple types of web-based communication, such as e-mail or instant messaging. |
| Social Networking | Sites devoted to personal expression or communication, linking people with similar interests. |
| Chat/Instant Messaging | Sites that provide web-based services or downloadable software for text-based instant messaging or chat. |
| Sites that provide email services, including portals used by companies for web-based email. | |
| Newsgroups | Sites that offer access to Usenet or provide other newsgroup, forum, or bulletin board services. |
| Coin Miners | Potentially unwanted scripts or executable files that perform actions related to cryptocurrency such as coin mining. |
| Web Hosting | Sites of organizations which provide top-level domain pages, as well as web communities or hosting services. |
| Category Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Dynamic DNS | Sites that utilize dynamic DNS host services to map their domain names to dynamic IP addresses. |
| Education | School sites, distance learning sites, and other education-related sites. |
| Government/Legal | Sites about the government, including laws or policies; excludes government military or health sites. |
| Military | Sites about military institutions or armed forces; excludes sites that discuss or sell weapons or military equipment. |
| Politics | Sites sponsored by or which provide information on political parties, special interest groups, or any organization that promotes change or reform in public policy, public opinion, social practice, or economic activities. |
| Health | Sites about health, fitness, or well-being. |
| Computers/Internet | Sites about computers, the Internet, or related technology, including sites that sell or provide reviews of electronic devices. |
| News | Sites about the news, current events, contemporary issues, or the weather; includes online magazines whose topics do not fall under other categories. |
| Translators/Cached Pages | Online page translators or cached Web pages (used by search engines), which can be used to circumvent proxy servers and Web filtering systems. |
| Reference | General and specialized reference sites, including map, encyclopedia, dictionary, weather, how-to, and conversion sites. |
| Vehicles | Sites about motorized transport, including customization, procurement of parts and actual vehicles, or repair services; excludes sites about military vehicles. |
| Untested | Sites that have not been classified under a category. |
| Miscellaneous | Sites that have been tested and not been classified into the other categories. |
| Category Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Insecure IoT connections | Insecure internet connections that may potentially abuse, compromise or damage IoT devices. |
| Potentially Malicious Software | Sites that contain potentially harmful downloads. |
| Spyware | Sites with downloads that gather and transmit data from computers owned by unsuspecting users. |
| Phishing | Fraudulent sites that mimic legitimate sites to gather sensitive information, such as user names and passwords. |
| Spam | Sites whose addresses have been found in spam messages. |
| Adware | Sites with downloads that display advertisements or other promotional content; includes sites that install browser helper objects (BHOs). |
| Malware Accomplice | Sites used by malicious programs, including sites used to host upgrades or store stolen information. |
| Disease Vector | Sites that directly or indirectly facilitate the distribution of malicious software or source code. |
| Made for AdSense | Sites that use scraped or copied content to pollute search engines with redundant and generally unwanted results. |
| Web Advertisements | Sites dedicated to displaying advertisements, including sites used to display banner or pop-up ads. |
| C&C Server | Sites that use the servers/repositories that harbor command-and control (C&C) servers and dropzones in the C&C Global Intelligence. |
| Malicious Domain | Sites that use domains that host malicious payloads; such domains cannot be reclassified. |
| Newly Observed Domain | Domains that have not been classified by Trend Micro and were recently observed for the first time or recently became active, but are not necessarily newly registered, such as throwaway domains. |
| Scam | Scam is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence, used in the classical sense of trust. It is different from either Phishing or Spam. |
| Ransomware | Sites that directly or indirectly facilitate the distribution of ransomware. |
| Category Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Recreation/Hobbies | Sites about recreational activities and hobbies, such as collecting, gardening, outdoor activities, traditional (non-video) games, and crafts; includes sites about pets, recreational facilities, or recreational organizations. |
| Arts | Sites about visual arts, such as painting and sculpture. |
| Entertainment | Sites that promote or provide information about movies, music, non-news radio and television, books, humor, or magazines. |
| Cult/Occult | Sites about alternative religions, beliefs, and religious practices, including those considered cult or occult. |
| Cultural Institutions | Sites controlled by organizations that seek to preserve cultural heritage, such as libraries or museums; also covers sites owned by the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, Rotary International, and similar organizations. |
| Activist Groups | Sites that promote change in public policy, public opinion, social practice, economic activities, or economic relationships; includes sites controlled by service, philanthropic, professional, or labor organizations. |
| Games | Sites about board games, card games, console games, or computer games; includes sites that sell games or related merchandise. |
| Alternative Journals | Online equivalents to supermarket tabloids and other fringe publications. |
| Personals/Dating | Sites that help visitors establish relationships, including sites that provide singles listings, matchmaking, or dating services. |
| Religion | Sites about popular religions, their practices, or their places of worship. |
| Personal Sites | Sites maintained by individuals about themselves or their interests; excludes personal pages in social networking sites, blog sites, or similar services. |
| Society/Lifestyle | Sites that provide information about life or daily matters; excludes sites about entertainment, hobbies, sex, or sports, but includes sites about cosmetics or fashion. |
| Gun Clubs/Hunting | Sites that provide information about or directories of gun clubs and similar groups, including war-game and paintball facilities. |
| Restaurants/Food | Sites that list, review, discuss, advertise and promote food, catering, dining services, cooking and recipes. |
| Sports | Sites about sports or other competitive physical activities; includes fan sites or sites that sell sports merchandise. |
| Travel | Sites about travelling or travel destinations; includes travel booking and planning sites. |
| Humor | Sites intended for humor. |
| For Kids | Sites designed for children. |
| Category Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Internet Radio and TV | Sites that primarily provide streaming radio or TV programming; excludes sites that provide other kinds of streaming content. |
| Photo Searches | Sites that primarily host images, allowing users to share, organize, store, or search for photos or other images. |
| Sharing Services | Sites that provide personal online storage, backup, or hosting space, including those that provide encryption or other security services. |
| Peer-to-Peer | Sites that provide information about or software for sharing and transferring files within a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. |
| Streaming Media/MP3 | Sites that offer streaming video or audio content without radio or TV programming; sites that provide music or video downloads, such as MP3 or AVI files. |
| Ringtones/Mobile Phone Downloads | Sites that provide content for mobile devices, including ringtones, games, or videos. |
| Software Downloads | Sites dedicated to providing free, trial, or paid software downloads. |
| Pay to Surf | Sites that compensate users who view certain websites, email messages, or advertisements or users who click links or respond to surveys. |
To know more about generating reports with the details of the URL and WRS violations, see Security Risk Detection Logs.