Browsing the World Wide Web may expose a user’s system to malicious attacks that can lead to data loss andor system failure. A responsive instruction is received from the real-time interaction client through the gateway interface. Each instance can include program code enabled to manage the local inventory cache and an inventory management API exposing inventory operations on the local inventory cache to other instances of the tier inventory component. When a website andor FTP site is accessed, the profiler may grant the bandwidth associated with the website or FTP site within the lookup table. The present invention further includes methods for using the safety guard, and systems that include elements of the safety guard.