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How does browsing protection work?

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How does browsing protection work?

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Browsing protection protects your computer on several levels: • Safety ratings for websites: You can see safety ratings for websites listed on search engine results and in web mail content. The safety ratings help you avoid websites that contain security threats, such as malware (viruses, worms, trojans). They protect you against the latest Internet threats that are not yet recognized by traditional antivirus programs. The safety rating for a site can be one of the following: safe, suspicious, harmful or unknown. • Exploit shields: Exploit shields protect your computer against vulnerabilities that have been found in programs installed on your computer. Exploit shields identify and prevent malicious websites from using such vulnerabilities to, for example, force an unauthorized download that contains malware. • Process monitoring (in DeepGuard): DeepGuard monitors and blocks attempts to load malware into your web browser. If the browser becomes infected, the functionality of a trusted w

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