Imagine you are sent a malicious e-mail with an embedded Web link…

First, the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network intercepts the email and checks the IP address—or computer address—of the sender against Trend Micro's email reputation database. If the computer address belongs to a spammer, the email will be blocked.
Next, the Web link in the email is checked against Trend Micro's Web reputation database to ensure users are blocked from accessing malicious Web pages.
In addition, components hosted on the Web page and related redirected Web pages are automatically downloaded and analyzed (file reputation).
Embedded IP—or computer—addresses are also extracted and analyzed.
The results are immediately added to all of Trend Micro's interconnected, Internet-based threat databases.

Today's threats often include multiple components that alone may appear benign but in combination result in a malicious, coordinated attack. The Trend Micro Smart Protection Network leverages patent-pending technologies to correlate all of the threat data collected to protect against coordinated attacks in real time.

All of these activities occur "in the Internet cloud," before threats can reach your organization's network or your PC—providing a web of protection to secure your information and your reputation.

Stop Web threats before they reach you. It's security made smarter.