Content Filtering Options for Secure Internet Go.

These are URLs, typically IP addresses, which are determined to be part of a bot network, from which network attacks are launched. Attacks may include spam messages, DOS, SQL injections, proxy jacking, and other unsolicited contacts.

Malicious content including executables, drive-by infection sites, malicious scripts, viruses, trojans, and code.

Phishing, pharming, and other sites that pose as a reputable site, usually to harvest personal information from a user. These sites are typically quite short-lived, so examples don’t last long. Please contact us if you need fresh data.

URLs contained in spam.

Spyware or adware sites that provide or promote information gathering or tracking that is unknown to, or without the explicit consent of, the end user or the organization. Also includes unsolicited advertising popups and programs that may be installed on a user’s computer.

Discussion or remedies for illegal, illicit, or abused drugs such as heroin, cocaine, or other street drugs. Information on “legal highs:” glue sniffing, misuse of prescription drugs or abuse of other legal substances.

Sexually explicit material for the purpose of arousing a sexual or prurient interest. Adult products including sex toys, magazines, and videos. Online groups, including newsgroups and forums that are sexually explicit in nature. Erotic stories and textual descriptions of sexual acts. Adult services including videoconferencing, escort services, and strip clubs. Sexually explicit art.

Gambling or lottery web sites that invite the use of real or virtual money. Information or advice for placing wagers, participating in lotteries, gambling, or running numbers. Virtual casinos and offshore gambling ventures. Sports picks and betting pools. Virtual sports and fantasy leagues that offer large rewards or request significant wagers. Hotel and Resort sites that do not enable gambling on the site are categorized in Travel or Local Information.

Vomit and other bodily functions, bloody clothing, etc.

Illegal or questionable access to or the use of communications equipment/software. Development and distribution of programs that may allow compromise of networks and systems. Avoidance of licensing and fees for computer programs and other systems.

Sites that contain content and language in support of hate crimes and racism such as Nazi, neo-Nazi, Ku Klux Klan, etc.

Criminal activity, how not to get caught, copyright and intellectual property violations, etc.

Downloads and discussion of software agents that track a user’s keystrokes or monitor their web surfing habits.

Marijuana use, cultivation, history, culture, legal issues.

Nude or seminude depictions of the human body. These depictions are not necessarily sexual in intent or effect but may include sites containing nude paintings or photo galleries of artistic nature. This category also includes nudist or naturist sites that contain pictures of nude individuals.

Peer to peer clients and access. Includes torrents, music download programs.

Self-harm category, URLs promoting self-harm such as, anorexia, bulimia, and other types of self-harm are created for endpoint policy-enforcement.

Swimsuits, intimate apparel, or other types of suggestive clothing.

Sites that advocate violence, depictions, and methods, including game/comic violence and suicide.

Sales, reviews, or descriptions of weapons such as guns, knives, or martial arts devices, or provide information on their use, accessories, or other modifications.