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Configure Web Control on a standalone Mac

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Configure the Web Control options on your standalone Mac to access or block sites as required.

  1. Click the Trellix menulet GUID-9BE2692D-7F54-44CB-AE3B-3D141955024E-low.png on the status bar, select Preferences, then click the Web Control tab.

  2. Click GUID-8CC2C84C-B44D-4B10-A920-D4E503DB9CC1-low.png, type the administrator password, then click OK.

  3. Under Block and Allow List, click GUID-5CDA459E-EA22-4BE1-BE9B-11D2906C8F3A-low.png, type the URL in the Site column, then select an action from the Action drop-down list.

    • Allow — Allows access to the site

    • Block — Blocks access to the site

    Note

    The action set for sites in the Block and Allow List overrides the actions defined in Enable Web Category Blocking and Rating Actions for Sites.

  4. In Enable Web Category Blocking, select the categories as needed.

  5. In Rating Actions for Sites, define the action for Red, Yellow, Unrated, and Unverified sites.

    • Allow — Allows access to the site

    • Warn — Displays a warning message with the option to Continue or Cancel navigation to the site

    • Block — Blocks access to the site

  6. Click GUID-52897A50-A206-4BD9-9A2A-FA22858761B5-low.png to prevent further changes.