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  Category Name 
                                                                      Description 
ads
Advert servers and banned URLs
advice
the forums, discussion boards and the question-answer type web sites 
Anonymous VPN

Sites providing vpn services to the public. The focus is on vpn sites used to hide the origin of the traffic, f.e. tor nodes
antispyware
Sites that remove spyware
astrology
All sites about astrology, horoscopes, numerology, palm reading and so on; sites that offer services to foretell the future.
Automobiles
Sites that all related to (Cars,Bikes,Planes, Boats etc.,)  Included are vendor sites, resellers, fan and hobby pages as well as and suppliers
banking
the web sites belonging to all the banks around the world which provide the online access. 
blogs
personal websites as well as all types of blogs: individual, group and even company ones. 
business
This is a catch-all category which covers the corporate web sites which typically do not belong to any other category.
chat
Sites with chat rooms etc
childcare
Sites to do with childcare
computersandsoftware
the web sites offering the computer software, typically either opensource, freeware or shareware.
cooking
Sites about concerning food, food preparation and all about cooking 
drugs
The “Medicine/Alcohol/Cigars” web sites, which are discussing the use or selling the (legal) medical drugs or tobacco products
Dynamic(Dialup) Addresses
All domains where people login obtaining a dynamic IP address.
ecommerce
The known online stores. A web site is considered an online store if it sells goods or service online.
education
the web sites belonging to official education institutions, including those outside the .edu domain.
entertainment
websites that provide information related to artistic activities, museums, humor and as well as websites that review movies
filesharing
the file sharing web sites where a user could upload a file or files, and share them with the others.
finance
Sites about finance in general and all about Insurance,Moneylending, Realestate,Trading, and stock exchange and home page of banking companies
gambling
The gambling web sites. Those are the “online casino” or “online lottery” type web sites which typically require 
games
Web pages which provide online games – typically Adobe Flash or JAVA applets.
government
the government web sites, including the government institutions,embassies and office web sites.
hacking
the web sites providing the hacking tools, articles and discussion platforms for the hackers.
health
websites associated with medical institutions, websites related to disease prevention and treatment, hygiene and other personal grooming related stuff
hobbies
websites that present resources related to activities typically performed during an individual’s free time
hosting
free and commercial website hosting services
illegal
The web sites related to software piracy, including:Peer to peer (BitTorrent, emule, DC++) 
instant messaging
the instant messaging and chat web sites, which allow users to chat in real time.
Internet Phone
Sites that enable user to phone via the Internet. Any site where users can voice-chat with each other.
Internet Service Provider
Home pages of Internet Service Providers. Sites of companies offering webspace only are now being added, too
jewelry
Sites about and selling jewelry
jobsearch
the websites presenting job boards, job-related classified ads and career opportunities.
leisure
websites where individuals tend to spend long amounts of time. 
Library
Online libraries and sites where you can read e-books.
liquor
Sites of breweries, wineries and destilleries. This category also covers sites that explain how to make beer, wines and spirits.
marketing
Sites about marketing products
maturecontent
the content which was labeled by the web site creator as requiring the mature audience and sites relating to sexuality and educational information about sexuality.
medical
Sites provide medical info and medical facilities as well as hospitals  
Military
Sites of military facilities or related to the armed forces.
mobile-phone
stuff for mobile/cell phones
multimedia
Sites that offer the download of music, information about music groups or music in general and Sites offering podcasts or podcast services, includes audio books.
narcotics
the web sites sharing the information about the narcotics such as recreational and illegal drugs.
naturism
Sites that contain nude pictures and/or promote a nude lifestyle
news
the news web sites which provide text and video news.It strives to cover both global and local news web sites
online dating
the online dating sites – paid and free - where users can search for user’s person using some criteria.
online pay
The web sites offering the online payments or money transfers like PayPal or Moneybookers.
onlineauctions
Online auctions
pets
All topics concerning pets
phishing
Sites attempting to trick people into giving out private information.
photosonline
the photo sharing web sites, whose primary purpose is to let the users to share the photos.
Politics
Sites of political parties, political organisations and associations; sites with political discussions.
pornography
sites containing erotic and pornography. It includes both paid and free sites.
portals
websites that aggregate information from multiple sources and various domains, and that usually offer features such as search engines, e-mail, news and entertainment information.
radiomusic
websites that offer Internet music streaming services, from online radio stations to websites that provide on demand (free or paid) audio content.
regionaltlds
the web sites which belong to a regional top-level domain, i.e. ending with .com, .org or so.
religious
the web sites promoting a religion or sect. Also cover the discussion forums related to one or multiple religions.
Remote Control
Sites offering the service to remotely access computers, especially (but not limited to going) through firewalls. This does not cover traditional VPN.
searchengines
the search engine web sites such as Google, Yahoo, Bing and so on.
social networks
the social network web sites. This include MySpace.com, Facebook.com, Bebo.com, etc.
sports
websites that offer sports information, news and tutorials.
spyware
Sites that try to actively install software or lure the user in doing so in order to spy the surfing behaviour (or worse). The home calling sites where the collected information is 
suicide
the web sites promoting, offering or advocating the suicide. It does not cover the suicide prevention clinics.
tabloids
This category is mainly designed for soft pornography and celebrity gossip sites
Tracker
Sites keeping an eye on where you surf and what you do in a passive manner. Covers web bugs, counters and other tracking mechanisms in web pages that do not interfere 
travel
websites that present travel offers, travel equipment as well as travel destination reviews and ratings.
updatesites
Sites where software updates are downloaded from including virus sigs and List to allow necessary downloads from vendors.
vacation
Sites about going on holiday 
video
The web pages which host various videos or photos, either uploaded by users or provided by various content providers.
violence
This category is catch-all for the “Hate, Violence, Racism” category, and is intended to block
violentcartoons
the web sites discussing, sharing and offering the violent cartoons or violent manga
virusinfected
Sites who host virus infected files
weapons
the web sites offering the weapons for sale or exchange, manufacture or usage.
weather
Weather news sites and weather related
web proxy  
Web pages which provide web proxy service.
Web TV
Sites offering TV streams via Internet.
webmail
websites that provide e-mail functionality as a web application.







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