Webwasher 6.0.1 Anti-Malware User's Guide - McAfee

Content Security
Using this section, you can configure actions for requests sent by Potentially
Unwanted Programs (PUPs).
The options provided here rely on a detection method that scans Web requests
to determine whether their behavior resembles that of some major adware and
spyware families. The corresponding check is performed at an early stage of
ICAP REQMOD communication.
This is a probabilistic method, and you can configure the threshold for blocking
a request or executing some other action.
If you want to use this feature, make sure the checkbox next to the section
heading is marked.
The checkbox is marked by default.
After modifying this setting or any other setting in this section, click on Apply
Changes to make the modification effective.
Use the following drop-down list and radio buttons to configure the handling of
request from PUPs:
• Request may have been sent by a PUP
From the drop-down list provided here, select an action, e. g. Block,
Allow, etc., to have it performed whenever a request is sent by a PUP.
Select an action here, e. g. Block, Allow, etc., that should be executed in
this situation.
• Treat as request sent by a PUP if probability is at least
Check one of the radio buttons provided here, to set a probability level.
If this level is reached for a program, it is classified as potentially unwanted
and the action configured above is executed for requests sent by it.
Detect unsolicited POSTs
The Detect unsolicited POSTs section looks like this:
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