{"id":38212,"date":"2024-05-30T09:37:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T08:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=38212"},"modified":"2024-05-30T09:37:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T08:37:45","slug":"virgin-media-uk-reveals-impact-of-its-broadband-security-filters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/virgin-media-uk-reveals-impact-of-its-broadband-security-filters.html","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media UK Reveals Impact of its Broadband Security Filters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Broadband ISP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> has today revealed that their online security services &#8211; &#8216;<em>Essential Security<\/em>&#8216; (included for free on their packages) and &#8216;<em>Advanced Security&#8217;<\/em> (paid), have &#8211; between June 2022 to May 2023 &#8211; blocked 136 million unsafe or harmful websites, 800k virus, malware and spyware risks and secured 4.9 million banking and shopping transactions.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Customers of the broadband service can typically choose from two security offerings, \u2018Essential Security\u2019 which comes with all broadband packages as standard and at no extra cost, or \u2018Advanced Security\u2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>\u2019s enhanced antivirus offering which protects an unlimited number of devices for \u00a33 per month (first three months free) or \u00a330 per year.<\/p>\n<p>Take note that those upgrading to Advanced Security can get the first three months for free. 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This includes \u2018active\u2019 errors, such as opening malicious email attachments, and \u2018passive\u2019 errors, such as using a weak password.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>VM&#8217;s Essential Security includes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 Content filtering:<\/strong> Blocks scam and phishing websites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 Data protection:<\/strong> Prevents malware and viruses from transmitting a customer\u2019s data to scammers, hackers or phishers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 Parental controls:<\/strong> Keeps the entire family safe online with customisable timers and limits, via My <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 Devices protected:<\/strong> Available on all devices connected to your home <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> network.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Customers who upgrade to Advanced Security get:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 Remote device disruption:<\/strong> Ensures devices aren\u2019t remotely accessed and controlled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 Banking and shopping protection:<\/strong> Stops untrusted network connections while buying or banking online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 Virus removal:<\/strong> Detects, scans and removes viruses alongside other malware that are already on the customer\u2019s devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 Improved parental controls:<\/strong> Sets up parental controls per device, rather than using a blanket setting across all devices via My Virgin Media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 On-the-Go protection:<\/strong> Provides constant 24\/7 security on the go, regardless of the customer\u2019s mobile network provider, if they are offline or if they connect to a different broadband connection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 Devices protected:<\/strong> Available on an unlimited number of devices for total protection everywhere.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadband ISP Virgin Media has today revealed that their online security services &#8211; &#8216;Essential Security&#8216; (included for free on their packages) and &#8216;Advanced Security&#8217; (paid), have &#8211; between June 2022 to May 2023 &#8211; blocked 136 million unsafe or harmful websites, 800k virus, malware and spyware risks and secured 4.9 million banking and shopping transactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[109,32,479,34,475],"class_list":["post-38212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-internet-privacy","tag-o2","tag-security","tag-statistics","tag-virgin-media"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/112529137196903004","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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