Protection from having your system being controlled by a botnet is achieved by detecting and blocking connection attempts to known botnets. This feature also includes connections to known phishing sites. The antivirus database includes a constantly updated database of known command and control (C&C) sites that Botnet clients attempt to connect to, as well as a database of phishing URLs.

To enable Botnet and phishing protection in an antivirus profile check the checkbox next to

The Botnet protection feature is available for both proxy and flow-based antivirus profiles.