-*- coding: utf-8 -*- the following is text version of http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/mrs/categories/MRS_Categories.en-us.htm as of 2012-06-25 ssss--------------------------------------------------- [1]Microsoft Reputation Services Microsoft Reputation Services Feedback and Error Reporting * Alcohol : Alcohol Web sites promote or offer for sale alcoholic beverages or the means to create them; supplies, recipes or paraphernalia; glorifies, touts, or otherwise encourages alcohol consumption or intoxication. * Anonymizers : Anonymizer Web sites are sites used to anonymize a user's originating IP address * Anonymizing Utilities : Anonymizing utilities Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate the use, manufacture, or distribution of anonymizing utilities. * Art/Culture/Heritage : An art/culture/heritage site is a site that distributes, displays, discusses or promotes art, culture, or heritage related content - e.g., books, literature, theater. * Blogs/Wiki : Blog/Wiki Web sites are sites which provide dynamic content where users frequently add, remove, and update content. * Botnet : Botnet sites are sites which covertly install applications onto targeted systems allowing unauthorized remote control for malicious activity. * Chat : Web chat Web sites are sites which provide Web-based chat as the main feature or function of the site. * Child Friendly Materials : Child friendly materials Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supplies, encourage or otherwise advocate child-friendly materials. * Criminal Activities : Criminal activities Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate illegal activities, or describe how to commit criminal activity. * Dating/Personals : Dating/Personals Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate dating or personal information. * Digital Postcards : Digital postcard Web sites are sites which enable users to send and receive digital postcards and greeting postcards. * Dubious : Dubious Web sites are sites with questionable, suspicious, or ethically ambiguous content. * Edge Content Servers/Infrastructure : Edge content servers/infrastructure Web sites are sites which hosts files for other Web sites usually for high-volume consumption. * Education/Reference : Education/reference Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate educational or reference information. * Employment : Employment Web sites are sites which promote, sell, offer, or supply employment information including providing job seeking information. * Fashion/Beauty : Fashion/Beauty Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate the use, or distribution of fashion or beauty related products. * Financial : Financial Web sites are sites which promote, sell, offer, or supply financial information including financial account access. * Forum/Bulletin Boards : Forum/Bulletin Board Web sites are sites which provide dynamic content where users frequently add content. * Free Hosting : Free hosting Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate free Web hosting information, e.g., Web sites that allow users to create personal homepages. * Gambling : Gambling Web sites are sites where a user can place a bet or participate in a betting pool (including lotteries) online; obtain information, assistance or recommendations for placing a bet; receive instructions, assistance or training on participating in games of chance. * Games : Games Web sites are sites that distribute, display, discuss or promote game related content, e.g., board games, video games, etc. * General Business : Business Web sites are sites which promote, sell, offer, or supply business information, e.g., corporate Web site, business to business sites. * General Entertainment : Entertainment Web sites are sites that distribute, display, discuss or promote entertainment related content, e.g., movies, television, and music. * Government/Military : Government/Military Web sites are sites created and maintained by an official government or military organization * Hacking/Computer Crime : Computer hacking/crime Web sites are sites which advocate or provide instructions for causing harm to people or property through use of unauthorized computer activity. * Hate/Discrimination : Hate Web sites are sites which advocate hostility or aggression toward an individual or group on the basis of race, religion, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, or other involuntary characteristics; a site which denigrates others on the basis of those characteristics or justifies inequality on the basis of those characteristics; a site which purports to use scientific or other commonly accredited methods to justify said aggression, hostility or denigration. * Health : Health Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate health information. * History : History Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate historical information. * Humor/Comics : Humor/Comics Web sites are sites that distribute, display, discuss,. or promote humor related content, e.g., comics, cartoons, etc. * Illegal Drugs : Drug Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate the recreational or illegal use, cultivation, manufacture, or distribution of drugs, pharmaceuticals, intoxicating plants or chemicals and their related paraphernalia. * Illegal Software : Illegal Software Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sells, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate the use, cultivation, manufacture, or distribution of software that is illegal in one or more major jurisdictions. * Instant Messaging : Instant Messaging Web sites are sites which provide Web-based or downloadable chat-related applications as the main feature or function of the site. * Internet Services : Internet services Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate Internet services information, e.g., domain registration, ISPs. * Legal Services & Reference : Legal services and reference Web sites are sites which provide, promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate legal services and reference information. * Malicious : Malicious Web sites covertly install applications onto targeted systems with the intent of causing harm to people or property through use of unauthorized computer activity. * Mature Content : Mature sexual content sites contain sexually explicit information that is not of a medical or scientific nature. * Media Sharing : Media sharing Web sites are sites which promote, sell, offer, supply or allow sharing between users of media, e.g., video download, file download, etc. * Motor Vehicles : Motor Vehicles Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate the use, distribution or discussion of motor vehicle related products. * News : News Web sites provide news media such as local weather, and other relevant regional, national and international information. * Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO : Non-profit/Advocacy/NGO Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate non-profit, advocacy, or NGO information. * Nudity : Nudity Web sites are sites containing images of human nudity, e.g. nude art, incidental nudity * Obscene/Tasteless : Obscene/Tasteless Web sites provide vulgar, crude, disgusting or otherwise offensive material, e.g., mutilation, murder, and defecation. * Online Communities : Online Community Web sites are sites which provide dynamic content for the purpose of social networking. These sites may include access for adding, removing, and updating personal content. * Online Trading/Brokerage : Online Trading/Brokerage Web sites are sites which promote, sell, offer, or supply trading information including online trading and brokerage account access. * P2P/File Sharing : P2P/File sharing Web sites are sites which offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate the use, manufacture, or distribution of P2P/File sharing software. * Parked Domain : Parked domain Web sites are sites that no longer contain content or are no longer registered. * Personal Network Storage : Personal network storage Web sites provide Web-based storage for personal files, e.g., pictures, documents, etc. * Pharmacy : Pharmacy Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate the use, distribution or discussion of prescription drugs. * Phishing : Phishing sites are sites that masquerade as a trustworthy entity for the purpose of tricking users into disclosing personal information. * Politics/Opinion : Politics/Opinion Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate politics or opinion information. * Pornography : Pornographic Web sites are sites containing sexually explicit material for the purpose of arousing a sexual or prurient interest. * Portal Sites : Portal Web sites are sites where the main purpose is to route users to Web content. * Profanity : Profanity Web sites are sites that advocate or convey what may be interpreted as insulting, rude or vulgar behavior (through words, gestures, or other behavior); or otherwise show disrespect towards, or desecration of, something held sacred. * Provocative Attire : Provocative attire Web sites are sites which sell, review, or describe alluring attire but do not involve nudity. * Public Information : Public information Web sites are sites which provide general reference information for public consumption, e.g., listings, maps, weather, etc. * Real Estate : Real estate Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate the buying, selling, managing or maintenance of real estate. * Recreation/Hobbies : Recreation/Hobby Web sites are sites that distribute, display, discuss or promote recreation and hobby related content, e.g., model airplane building, knitting, sewing, etc. * Religion/Ideology : Religion/Ideology Web sites are site which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate religion or ideology. * Remote Access : Remote access Web sites are sites which provide Web-based or downloadable remote access related applications as the main feature or function of the site, e.g. a Web site that allows a user to access a computer from a remote location. * Resource Sharing : Resource sharing Web sites are sites that provide information about applications that utilize otherwise unused system resources, e.g. SETI@home. * Restaurants/Dining : Restaurants/Dining sites are sites which promote, encourage or otherwise advocate information about restaurants or dining choices. * School Cheating Information : School Cheating Information Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate information used to cheat in school. * Search Engines : Search engine Web sites are sites where the main purpose is to provide search Web content based on user-defined queries. * Self Defense : Self defense Web sites are site which promote, encourage or otherwise advocate information about self defense - e.g., karate, mace, stun guns. * Shareware/Freeware : Shareware/Freeware Web sites are sites which provide Web-based or downloadable applications as the main feature or function of the site. * Shopping : Shopping Web sites are sites which promote, offer or sell products or services online. * Social Opinion : Social Opinion Web sites are sites that provide information related to variety of social topics, e.g., movie reviews, actor critiques. * Spam URLs : Spam Web sites are sites that contain unsolicited information from spam e-mails. * Special Interests : Sites that reflect a group or collection of persons that have a common interest or issue that is representative of who they are, their life situation, or is of closely held significance to them. This includes without limitation, cultural or ethnic identity, organization/club affiliations, or sexual orientation/identity. * Sports : Sports Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate professional athletics, e.g., professional or recreational baseball leagues. * Spyware/Adware : Spyware/adware Web sites are sites which covertly install applications onto targeted systems with the intent of performing unsolicited activity, namely, transmitting personal information or providing unsolicited advertisements. * Streaming Media : Streaming media sites provide media for streaming consumption, e.g. on demand video, internet radio. * Technical Information : Technical Information Web sites are sites which promote, offer, sell, supply, encourage or otherwise advocate technical information, e.g. tutorials for computer programming, reviews of computer software or hardware, technical forums, information security. * Tobacco : Tobacco Web sites glorify, promote, offer for sale or otherwise encourage the consumption of tobacco. * Travel : Travel web sites are sites which promote, encourage or otherwise advocate traveling. * Usenet News : Usenet news Web sites provide access to Usenet archives. * Violence : Violence Web sites are sites which advocate or provide instructions for causing physical harm to people or property through use of weapons, explosives, pranks, or other types of violence. * Weapons : Weapons sites are sites which sell, review, or describe legal weapons such as: guns, knives, or martial arts devices; provide information on their use, accessories, or other modifications. * Web Ads : Web ads Web sites are sites from which advertising content originates. Advertising content includes but is not limited to banners, marketing trackers, and text ads. * Web E-mail : Web E-mail Web sites are sites that enable users to send and receive email. * Web Meeting : Web Meeting Web sites are sites which provide online meeting services. * Web Phone : Web Phone sites are site which provide online phone services. * Web-based Productivity Applications : Web-based productivity application Web sites are sites which provide Web browser-based productivity application services, e.g. Web browser-based word processing. * [2]MRS Portal Feedback * [3]Terms of Use * [4]Trademarks * [5]Privacy Statement © 2009 Microsoft References 1. http://www.microsoft.com/ 2. mailto:mrspf@microsoft.com?subject=mrs%20portal%20feedback 3. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4412892 4. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4412893 5. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=166109