TELUS security services

Web Threat Protection

The web threat protection service helps protect your computer from potentially malicious websites. Any website that is hosting a potential web threat or a fraudulent website will be blocked by TELUS web threat protection service.

You can turn this service on or off in the Web Threat Protection page.

• Turning off Web Threat Protection will also turn off Web Reputation. You will be asked to confirm your choice.

How it works

• TELUS Web Threat Protection service uses an extensive database that is continuously being updated with the latest web threats.
• If you try to access a website that is potential web threat, the website will be blocked by the web Threat Protection service.
• A message is displayed when the web Threat Protection service detects a suspicious or dangerous website.
• You can always choose to visit any website, even if it contains a potential web threat.

Features include

• Automatically blocks compromised and malicious websites in real-time
• Alerts you when a web threat is detected
• Allows you to continue to a web page identified as hosting a potential web threat
• Allows you to report the URL as a threat
• Allows you to trust a website by adding the URL address to Exception List as a trusted URL
• Allows you to select the level of web threat protection
• Allows you to prevent Microsoft Internet Explorer from running malicious scripts on infected websites
• Provides history of websites blocked by web Threat Protection service

Benefits

• You are always protected by the proactive protection from malicious sites
• Protection is based on an extensive database that is continuously being updated with the latest web threats

What TELUS Web Threat Protection can't do

TELUS Web Threat Protection (Anti-Fraud) is an excellent starting point for preventing online fraud. However, when using the Internet, education and vigilance are still key factors when it comes to preventing theft of your information and assets. No software can protect you from all possible fraud schemes and new methods of attack that frequently appear. For example, fraud protection will not:

• Stop you from directly replying to phishing emails
• Protect you against a "secure" site (a site that uses https instead of http) that is part of a phishing scam

Learn more about how to protect yourself against online fraud, identify theft, and other scams.