Trellix Endpoint Security Web Control
What is Trellix Endpoint Security Web Control?
The 'Trellix Endpoint Security Web Control' is a Chrome extension designed to enhance web browsing safety. It offers color-coded URL safety ratings and prevents navigation to malicious web pages and suspicious file downloads. It is necessary to install Trellix Endpoint Security Web Control software for the extension to work.
Extension stats
By: Trellix
Users: 8,000,000+
Rating: 2.29
(421)
Creation date: 2019-08-29
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
Size: 166.91K
Email: MB*****@trellix.com
URLs: Privacy policy
Ranking
# 43
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Extension summary
This extension is intended for use with Trellix Endpoint Security Web Control software to provide color-coded URL safety ratings and blocking of malicious web-page navigation and suspicious file downloads. The extension is able to be used with all currently supported versions of Trellix Endpoint Security Web Control, which must be installed in order for the extension to function.
User reviews
Pros
- Works as advertised and provides good trojan protection.
- Can help with managing internet use in a school or business environment.
- Some users found it better than other web control services.
Cons
- Difficult to remove or disable, leading to user frustration.
- Blocks legitimate and necessary websites, impacting productivity.
- Perceived as a tool used for unnecessary restrictions in educational settings.
Most mentioned
- Blocks access to certain websites.
- Issues with removal or disabling the extension.
- User frustration with its impact on workflow.
Recent reviews
Works as advertised, but has alas been unfairly downrated by people who never had any interest in its intended purpose after finding it installed on devices they do not own, but hold or have held some type of usage privilege for, e.g. through school, another type of educational institution or their workplace.
This extension is just awful! First and foremost, it's impossible to remove, but thankfully, Chrome is finally removing it from the store. My school uses it, and it restricts access to certain websites. In short, it's a nightmare. Do yourself a favor and steer clear of this. Trust me on this one.
now you might see the 4 stars and be like "what is this guy on??" but hear me out for a second.
first things first let's talk about Trellix's anti-virus, now it does work well (not necessarily better then others but i mean it still protects your data) it does still have the same problem as most anti-virus things being that it says things that aren't viruses are viruses.
next let's talk about the web control, it does work well, for the price of it (about $150 USD) you can use it to help yourself from possible bad internet habits, and it can be used for businesses.
next up is School use of Trellix, schools of course are why most of you would be reading this, I would say some of it is ok and better then other school web control services, and of course schools legally have to block some things (hacking, certain activates involving children, ETC) but there are other things such as social media that they don't need to block.
overall I would say it's a good service sometimes used incorrectly.
P.S. stop telling the creators to kill themselves, you can disable it temporarily by opening Trellix, (as admin) clicking web controls then click the boxes that have a X or a :checkmark: then clicking apply.
Extension safety
Risk impact
Trellix Endpoint Security Web Control requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Trellix Endpoint Security Web Control has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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