Mcafee, Inc.

Networks Associates Technology, Inc.

Guy William Welch Roberts

Lee Codel Lawson Tarbotton

Christopher Barton

Igor G Muttik

Jeffrey Green

Sven Krasser

Nitin Jyoti

Prabhat Kumar Singh

Chris Barton

John Sargent

Alexander James Hinchliffe

Nick P Kelly

Zhenyu Zhong

Eamonn John Baulk

Trevor Hugh Rice

Andrew John Peter Bidgood

Carl Steven Botterill

Andrew Lewis Cole

Hariprasad Mariswamy

Karthik Umashankar

Paul D Walker

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for verifying an identification of program information as unwanted. In use, program information is identified as unwanted at a client. Furthermore, the identification of the program information as unwanted is verified, utilizing a communication between the client and a server.

System, method, and computer program product for verifying an identification of program information as unwanted

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for reacting based on a frequency in which a compromised source communicates unsolicited electronic messages. In use, a source of at least two unsolicited electronic messages is identified as compromised. Additionally, a frequency in which the source communicated the unsolicited electronic messages is calculated. Furthermore, a reaction is performed based on the calculated frequency.

System, method, and computer program product for reacting based on a frequency in which a compromised source communicates unsolicited electronic messages

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for segmenting a database based, at least in part, on a prevalence associated with known objects included in the database. In operation, a database including a plurality of known objects is identified. Additionally, the database is segmented into a plurality of segments. Furthermore, each of the plurality of known objects are assigned to one of the plurality of segments, based at least in part on a prevalence associated with each of the plurality of known objects.

System, method, and computer program product for segmenting a database based, at least in part, on a prevalence associated with known objects included in the database

An anti-computer virus system is used to enforce the banning of computer programs. A user is provided with a tool for creating their own banned computer program identifying data. The user-created data is then used to control the anti-virus system to identify banned computer programs and take appropriate banned computer program actions. The banned computer program identifying data can be encrypted with an organization's private PGP key such that it will only be capable of successful decryption and use upon computer systems within that organization bearing the corresponding public PGP encryption key.

Mechanisms for banning computer programs from use

E-mail messages or computer files are scanned to identify embedded internet addresses. These embedded internet address 18 refer to data that may be retrieved via the internet. This data is pre-emptively retrieved and scanned for malware even though it has not been requested by a user. If the data is found to be malware-free, then a record of this is kept. If a user subsequently seeks to access the data associated with the embedded internet address, then the stored data may be referred to and if the internet address is found and the data associated with that address is unchanged since it was previously scanned, then that data may be supplied to the user without the need to be rescanned.

Predictive malware scanning of internet data

A system, method and computer program product are provided for affording virus-related services utilizing a network browser toolbar. Initially, a request for virus-related services is received over a network from a network browser associated with a computer. In response thereto, virus-related information is transmitted to the computer for being used in conjunction with the network browser to provide virus-related services. In use, the virus-related services are administered utilizing the virus-related information and a toolbar associated with the network browser.

Anti-virus toolbar system and method for use with a network browser

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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Guy William Welch Roberts