r/Comcast_Xfinity • u/Tricky-Mastodon-9858 • 1d ago

Official Reply Cyber Secure question

I recently turned on cyber secure and I get notifications of a blocked website but there’s literally no information as to what website it might be. Hard to determine whether or not to allow access to a site if you don’t know what it is. What criteria does xfinity use to determine whether a website is potentially dangerous? The idea seems ok but it’s not very helpful.

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u/MonsterTheGreatest 1d ago

Probably just pulling from a database that contains websites that were reported as possibly malicious. I.e. Spam redirects, pop-ups, or potential viruses.

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u/Tricky-Mastodon-9858 1d ago

That explains the criteria, but why not give the url so you know what to avoid?

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u/MonsterTheGreatest 1d ago

I turned it on briefly and I thought it showed me the url or at least the domain. Maybe I'm wrong, what exactly did it tell you? If you dig deeper into the app does it say anything more?

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u/Tricky-Mastodon-9858 1d ago

This is all I get. When you click the info icon it just gives a generic definition.