Web Reputation Service (WRS) cannot block HTTPS websites in Internet Explorer

- Updated:
- 13 Mar 2020
- Product/Version:
- OfficeScan 10.6
- OfficeScan 11.0
- OfficeScan 11.0
- Platform:
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Windows 2000 Server
- Windows 2003 Datacenter 64-bit
- Windows 2003 Enterprise
- Windows 2003 Enterprise 64-bit
- Windows 2003 Server R2
- Windows 2003 Standard
- Windows 2003 Standard 64-bit
- Windows 2008 Datacenter
- Windows 2008 Datacenter 64-bit
- Windows 2008 Enterprise
- Windows 2008 Enterprise 64-bit
- Windows 2008 Server Core
- Windows 2008 Server R2 Enterprise
- Windows 2008 Standard
- Windows 2008 Standard 64-bit
- Windows 2008 Web Server Edition
- Windows 2008 Web Server Edition 64-bit
- Windows 2012 Datacenter R2
- Windows 2012 Enterprise
- Windows 2012 Server Essential R2
- Windows 2012 Server Essentials
- Windows 2012 Standard
- Windows 2012 Standard R2
- Windows 2012 Web Server Edition
- Windows 7 32-bit
- Windows 7 64-bit
- Windows 8 32-bit
- Windows 8 64-bit
- Windows Vista 32-bit
- Windows Vista 64-bit
- Windows XP Home
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows XP Professional 64-bit

Summary

When you are using Internet Explorer (IE), the OfficeScan WRS is unable to block HTTPS websites.

Details

To resolve the issue:

Open the Internet Explorer browser.
Navigate to Internet Options > Advanced.
Ensure that the third-party browser extension is enabled or checked.
Click OK and close the browser.

The following is a test website that you can use to verify the Web Reputation feature in OfficeScan. The blocking page will be shown when you visit this site:

https://wrs49.winshipway.com/

For the “HTTP” testing site, please refer to this page.