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What Does BullGuard Do Against Fake And Suspicious Websites?

BullGuard antivirus has gained a reputed name in the antivirus industry and thanks to its powerful security features and tools. These features and tools are more than enough for advanced protection against viruses, online threats, and malware. Not only it will keep you protected against these types of unwanted bugs, but it also takes care of your device against suspicious websites.

BullGuard works dedicatedly to protect you against fake and suspicious websites. Let move ahead with some facts through which BullGuard takes action against the suspicious website. The safe browsing of BullGuard will keep an eye on the online activity and alerts you quickly if you have accessed or going to access link that is developed by the cyber crooks or websites which provide malware code or host the phishing attempts.


What does BullGuard do against fake and suspicious websites?

BullGuard against Fake and Suspicious Website

BullGuard Internet Security works effectively against fake websites which means, the safe browsing tool will ensure that websites which you are visiting are safe or not. It comes into the market when you access links that are received through email or appeared on a webpage or just browse through the search results that are recovered by trusted search engines.

Safe Link: Checked-Tested!

When there is a green checkmark that means BullGuard has checked the websites and marked that it is unsafe with red checkmarks. When you install BullGuard on your PC then, you have to go to the Settings > Real-Time Antivirus > Browsing, make sure that Safe Browsing is turned on, and mark the websites which you want to see are safe. BullGuard highlights the safe and unsafe links on Bing, Yahoo, Chrome, and Facebook.

When you hover the mouse cursor over the checkmark that appears next to every link that appears in the search result or that is posted on Facebook, you will see a pop-up that says the site type which it leads to and the threat level which it poses. A detailed description will be provided for every malicious link.

BullGuard has grouped the websites that are based on the categories to which they belong: phishing and fraud, links to malicious sites, botnet, control and command centers, malware distribution point or spyware, malware call-home, and dubious software. You will need to access a link that has been flagged as malicious by BullGuard will display the following warning that says, “This site has been blocked”.

Choose Leave website at that time to get back to the previous page and choose More Options and then, continue to the website. It is not suggested to visit the requested webpage at your own risk.

BullGuard Downloads Files to Hard Drives

BullGuard checks all the files closely when you access the websites which you visit or attempt to download to the PC. Files are scanned and then, the download will be stopped immediately in case if viruses are detected. Choose Settings > Real-Time Antivirus > Browsing and check the Scan web traffic option. A pop-up message will alert you in case if the file which you have downloaded is harmful. You can enable the pop-up message from the BullGuard and for that, choose Settings and then, Real-Time Antivirus and Infections and check Display Pop-up under the Alerts.

When you face that opened websites are designed with malware or spyware, don’t hesitate to tell BullGuard about them, by using the toolbar button. BullGuard will check all received requests and update the databases accordingly. The BullGuard Toolbar button works on Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers. You easily can enable the Toolbar Button and for that,

Choose Settings and Real-Time Antivirus and Browsing and make sure the Safe Browsing option is marked and in case, if you are facing any issue then, contact BullGuard Contact Care Help Number UK and get in touch with the technical experts. The technical experts are there to provide you best assistance for BullGuard-related queries and issues.

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