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Configure Secure Search

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Secure Search automatically filters the malicious sites in the search result based on their safety rating.

Note

Web Control uses Yahoo as the default search engine and supports Secure Search on Internet Explorer only.

Task
  1. Select MenuPolicyPolicy Catalog, then select Endpoint Security Web Control from the Products list in the left pane.

  2. From the Category list in the right pane, select Options.

  3. Click the name of an editable policy.

  4. Select Enable Secure Search, select the search engine, then specify whether to block links to risky sites.

    Note

    If you change the default search engine, restart the browser after enforcing the policy on the client system.

    The next time the user opens Internet Explorer, Web Control displays a pop-up prompting the user to change to Trellix Secure Search with the specified search engine. For Internet Explorer versions where the search engine is locked, the Secure Search pop-up doesn't appear.

  5. Click Save.