Browsing Protection can prevent you from unintentionally accessing websites that are not trustworthy or have prohibited content.
Sometimes you may browse to a website that contains suspicious, infringing, or prohibited content. For example, the website may be a fake, known spam site, contain potentially unwanted programs, or is illegal no matter where you are located.
You can use Browsing Protection to avoid unintentionally accessing these websites.
- Open the product from the Windows Start menu.
- On the Antivirus page, select Settings.
- Select Secure Browsing.
- Select Edit settings.
Note: You need administrative rights to change the settings.
- Make sure that Browsing Protection is turned on.
- If you want to block websites that are rated as suspicious in addition to ones that are considered harmful, select Block suspicious websites.
- If you want to block websites that contain prohibited content, select Block prohibited websites.
- If your browser is open, restart your browser to apply the changed settings.
Note: Browsing Protection requires that the Browsing Protection extension is turned on in the web browser that you use.