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How or where to check to which Web Content Control category a website belongs to?

Issue:

We're looking for a way to verify the Browsing Protection Web Content Control categorization of an website address (URL). Does WithSecure have an online tool that allows a user to check the categorization of a website? How or where to check to which Web Content Control category a website belongs to?

Resolution:

WithSecure does not have a service or tool to view what Web Content Control categories are set for a specific web site or what the site is rated as in the Security Cloud. If a website is blocked by Web Content Control, the user will be shown a block page in their browser, which informs the user which categories are blocking the user from accessing the web site. To be able to show the block page on HTTPS web sites, the Browsing Protection by WithSecure browser extension is required to be installed and enabled in the browser. 

The Web Content Control is a part of the WithSecure Browsing Protection feature which blocks phishing, scam and malicious web sites. Malicious sites can be various, for example: website injected with coin mining, URL for download malicious files and so on which might harmed our users.