Visit the Trend Micro Site Safety Center to check the website categories of certain
URLs.
URL categories are organized into the following URL filtering groups.
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URL category group
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Grouping definitions for URL categories
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Adult
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Websites generally considered inappropriate for children
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Business
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Websites related to business, employment, or commerce
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Communications and Search
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Websites that provide tools and services for online communications and
searches.
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General
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Websites that do not fall into or have not been classified into the other
categories.
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Internet Security
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Potentially harmful websites, including those known to distribute malicious
software
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Lifestyle
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Websites about religious, political, or sexual preferences, as well as recreation
and
entertainment
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Network Bandwidth
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Websites offering services that can significantly impact the speed of the computer's
Internet connection
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URL Filtering Category Group
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URL Filtering Category Type
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URL Filtering Category Definition
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Adult
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Abortion
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Sites that promote, encourage, or discuss abortion, including sites that cover moral
or political views on abortion
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Adult
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Adult/Mature Content
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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
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Adult
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Alcohol/Tobacco
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Sites that promote, sell, or provide information about alcohol or tobacco
products
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Adult
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Gambling
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Sites that promote or provide information on gambling, including online gambling
sites
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Adult
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Illegal Drugs
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Sites that promote, glamorize, supply, sell, or explain how to use illicit or illegal
intoxicants
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Adult
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Illegal/Questionable
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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
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Adult
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Intimate Apparel/Swimsuit
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Sites that sell swimsuits or intimate apparel with models wearing them
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Adult
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Marijuana
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Sites that discuss the cultivation, use, or preparation of marijuana, or sell related
paraphernalia
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Adult
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Nudity
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Sites showing nude or partially nude images that are generally considered artistic,
not vulgar or pornographic
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Adult
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Pornography
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Sites with sexually explicit imagery designed for sexual arousal, including sites
that
offer sexual services
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Adult
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Sex Education
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Sites with or without explicit images that discuss reproduction, sexuality, birth
control, sexually transmitted disease, safe sex, or coping with sexual trauma
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Adult
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Tasteless
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Sites with content that is gratuitously offensive and shocking; includes sites that
show extreme forms of body modification or mutilation and animal cruelty
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Adult
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Violence/Hate/Racism
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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
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Adult
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Weapons
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Sites about weapons, including their accessories and use; excludes sites about
military institutions or sites that discuss weapons as sporting or recreational
equipment
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Business
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Auctions
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Sites that serve as venues for selling or buying goods through bidding, including
business sites that are being auctioned
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Business
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Brokerage/Trading
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Sites about investments in stocks or bonds, including online trading sites; includes
sites about vehicle insurance
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Business
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Business/Economy
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Sites about business and the economy, including entrepreneurship and marketing;
includes corporate sites that do not fall under other categories
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Business
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Financial Services
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Sites that provide information about or offer basic financial services, including
sites owned by businesses in the financial industry
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Business
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Job Search/Careers
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Sites about finding employment or employment services
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Business
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Real Estate
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Sites about real estate, including those that provide assistance selling, leasing,
purchasing, or renting property
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Business
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Shopping
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Sites that sell goods or support the sales of goods that do not fall under other
categories; excludes online auction or bidding sites
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Communications and Search
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Blogs/Web Communications
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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
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Communications and Search
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Chat/Instant Messaging
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Sites that provide web-based services or downloadable software for text-based instant
messaging or chat
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Communications and Search
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Coin Miners
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Potentially unwanted scripts or executable files that perform actions related to
cryptocurrency such as coin mining
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Communications and Search
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Email
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Sites that provide email services, including portals used by companies for web-based
email
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Communications and Search
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Internet Infrastructure
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Content servers, image servers, or sites used to gather, process, and present data
and
data analysis, including web-based analytic tools and network monitors
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Communications and Search
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Internet Telephony
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Sites that provide web services or downloadable software for Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) calls
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Communications and Search
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Newsgroups
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Sites that offer access to Usenet or provide other newsgroup, forum, or bulletin board
services
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Communications and Search
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Proxy Avoidance and Anonymizers
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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
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Communications and Search
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Search Engines/Portals
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Search engine sites or portals that provide directories, indexes, or other retrieval
systems for the web
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Communications and Search
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Social Networking
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Sites devoted to personal expression or communication, linking people with similar
interests
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Communications and Search
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Web Hosting
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Sites of organizations that provide top-level domains or web hosting services
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General
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Computers/Internet
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Sites about computers, the Internet, or related technology, including sites that sell
or provide reviews of electronic devices
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General
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Education
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School sites, distance learning sites, and other education-related sites
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General
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Government/Legal
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Sites about the government, including laws or policies; excludes government military
or health sites
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General
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Health
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Sites about health, fitness, or well-being
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General
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Military
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Sites about military institutions or armed forces; excludes sites that discuss or
sell
weapons or military equipment
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General
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Miscellaneous
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Sites that have been tested and not been classified into the other categories
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General
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News/Media
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Sites about the news, current events, contemporary issues, or the weather; includes
online magazines whose topics do not fall under other categories
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General
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Politics
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Sites that discuss or are sponsored by political parties, interest groups, or similar
organizations involved in public policy issues; includes non-hate sites that discuss
conspiracy theories or alternative views on government
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General
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Reference
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General and specialized reference sites, including map, encyclopedia, dictionary,
weather, how-to, and conversion sites
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General
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Translators/Cached Pages
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Online page translators or cached Web pages (used by search engines), which can be
used to circumvent proxy servers and Web filtering systems
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General
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Untested
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Sites that have not been classified under a category
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General
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Vehicles
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Sites about motorized transport, including customization, procurement of parts and
actual vehicles, or repair services; excludes sites about military vehicles
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Internet Security
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Adware
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Sites with downloads that display advertisements or other promotional content;
includes sites that install browser helper objects (BHOs)
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Internet Security
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Category C&C Server
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Sites that use the servers/repositories that harbor command-and control (C&C) servers
and drop-zones in the C&C Global Intelligence list
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Internet Security
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Disease Vector
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Sites that directly or indirectly facilitate the distribution of malicious software
or
source code
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Internet Security
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Insecure IoT connections
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Insecure internet connections that may potentially abuse, compromise or damage IoT
devices
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Internet Security
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Made for AdSense
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Sites that use scraped or copied content to pollute search engines with redundant
and
generally unwanted results
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Internet Security
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Malicious Domain
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Sites that use domains that host malicious payloads; such domains cannot be
reclassified
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Internet Security
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Malware Accomplice
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Sites used by malicious programs, including sites used to host upgrades or store
stolen information
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Internet Security
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Newly Observed Domain
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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
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Internet Security
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Phishing
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Fraudulent sites that mimic legitimate sites to gather sensitive information, such
as
user names and passwords
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Internet Security
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Potentially Malicious Software
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Sites that contain potentially harmful downloads
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Internet Security
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Ransomware
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Sites that directly or indirectly facilitate the distribution of ransomware
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Internet Security
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Scam
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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.
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Internet Security
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Spam
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Sites whose addresses have been found in spam messages
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Internet Security
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Spyware
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Sites with downloads that gather and transmit data from computers owned by
unsuspecting users
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Internet Security
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Web Advertisement
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Sites dedicated to displaying advertisements, including sites used to display banner
or pop-up ads
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Lifestyle
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Activist Groups
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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
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Lifestyle
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Alternative Journals
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Online equivalents of supermarket tabloids and other fringe publications
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Lifestyle
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Arts
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Sites about visual arts, such as painting and sculpture.
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Lifestyle
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Cult/Occult
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Sites about alternative religions, beliefs, and religious practices, including those
considered cult or occult
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Lifestyle
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Cultural Institutions
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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
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Lifestyle
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Entertainment
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Sites that promote or provide information about movies, music, non-news radio and
television, books, humor, or magazines
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Lifestyle
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For Kids
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Sites designed for children
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Lifestyle
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Games
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Sites about board games, card games, console games, or computer games; includes sites
that sell games or related merchandise
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Lifestyle
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Gun Clubs/Hunting
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Sites about gun clubs or similar groups; includes sites about hunting, war gaming,
or
paintball facilities
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Lifestyle
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Humor
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Sites intended for humor.
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Lifestyle
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Personal Sites
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Sites maintained by individuals about themselves or their interests; excludes personal
pages in social networking sites, blog sites, or similar services
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Lifestyle
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Personals/Dating
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Sites that help visitors establish relationships, including sites that provide singles
listings, matchmaking, or dating services
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Lifestyle
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Recreation/Hobbies
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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
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Lifestyle
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Religion
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Sites about popular religions, their practices, or their places of worship
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Lifestyle
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Restaurants/Food
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Sites that list, review, discuss, advertise, or promote food, catering, dining
services, cooking, or recipes
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Lifestyle
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Society/Lifestyle
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Sites that provide information about life or daily matters; excludes sites about
entertainment, hobbies, sex, or sports, but includes sites about cosmetics or
fashion
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Lifestyle
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Sports
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Sites about sports or other competitive physical activities; includes fan sites or
sites that sell sports merchandise
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Lifestyle
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Travel
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Sites about traveling or travel destinations; includes travel booking and planning
sites
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Network Bandwidth
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Internet Radio and TV
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Sites that primarily provide streaming radio or TV programming; excludes sites that
provide other kinds of streaming content
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Network Bandwidth
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Pay to Surf
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Sites that compensate users who view certain websites, email messages, or
advertisements or users who click links or respond to surveys
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Network Bandwidth
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Peer-to-Peer
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Sites that provide information about or software for sharing and transferring files
within a peer-to-peer (P2P) network
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Network Bandwidth
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Photo Searches
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Sites that primarily host images, allowing users to share, organize, store, or search
for photos or other images
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Network Bandwidth
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Ringtones / Mobile Phone Downloads
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Sites that provide content for mobile devices, including ringtones, games, or
videos
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Network Bandwidth
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Sharing Services
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Sites that provide personal online storage, backup, or hosting space, including those
that provide encryption or other security services
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Network Bandwidth
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Software Downloads
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Sites dedicated to providing free, trial, or paid software downloads
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Network Bandwidth
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Streaming Media/MP3
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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
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