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    <h1 class="topictitle1">General Settings</h1>

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        <div class="section"><p>Web Protection can be configured to block access to malicious websites, scan downloads to help
                protect against malicious content, or both. To configure Web Protection:</p>
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            <li><span>Choose <span class="menucascade">
      <span class="uicontrol">Sophos Anti-Virus</span>
       &gt; <span class="uicontrol">Preferences</span>
     </span>.</span></li>

            <li>
                <span> Select <span class="uicontrol">Web Protection</span>. </span>
            </li>

            <li>
                <span> Click <span class="uicontrol">General</span> on the <span class="uicontrol">Web
                        Protection</span> panel. </span>

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            <li><span>If some settings are dimmed, click the lock icon and type an administrator name and password.</span></li>

            <li>
                <span>Move the <span class="uicontrol">Block access to malicious websites by using the Sophos
                        online reputation lookup service</span> toggle switch to
                        <span class="uicontrol">On</span> to protect your Mac from sites that Sophos has
                    identified to be hosting malicious content, </span>
            </li>

            <li>
                <span>Move the <span class="uicontrol">Scan website downloads, protecting your browser against
                        malicious content</span> toggle switch to <span class="uicontrol">On</span> to
                    block malicious downloads before they reach your browser. This will perform an
                    additional check by passing downloads through the content scanning engine.</span>
            </li>

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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="../tasks/Web_Protection.html" title="">Web Protection</a></div>
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