Smart protection services provide anti-malware signatures, Web reputation, and
threat databases that are stored in-the-cloud. Smart protection uses file reputation
technology
to detect security risks and Web reputation to proactively block malicious Web sites.
File
reputation technology works by off-loading a large number of anti-malware signatures
that were
previously stored on endpoint computers to the Smart Protection Network or Smart Protection
Servers. Web reputation technology hosts URLs that were previously stored on the Smart
Protection
Network, to the Smart Protection Servers. Both technologies ensure smaller bandwidth
consumption
when updating patterns or querying URL validity.
Additionally, Trend Micro continues to harvest
protected information sent from Trend Micro products
worldwide to proactively determine each new threat.