Mcafee, Inc.

John Sargent

Guy Roberts

Chris Barton

Dallas Engelken

Nick P Kelly

Christopher Barton

Guy William Welch Roberts

Karthik Umashankar

Paul D Walker

Hariprasad Mariswamy

A system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, a checksum associated with electronic content is calculated. Further, a domain name service (DNS) server is queried utilizing the checksum. In response to the query, information is received from the DNS server which relates to the electronic content.

System, method and computer program product for gathering information relating to electronic content utilizing a DNS server

A method and computer program produce provide the capability to use UDP to send messages that include more data than can be handled by a single UDP packet. A method for performing data transfer implemented in a computer system comprises transmitting a request for data, receiving a response to the request for data comprising a portion of the requested data and an indication that additional data is available, and transmitting a request for additional data.

Method and computer program product utilizing multiple UDP data packets to transfer a quantity of data otherwise in excess of a single UDP packet

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 method and computer program product provide the capability to use UDP to send messages that include more data than can be handled by a single UDP packet. A method for performing data transfer implemented in a computer system comprises transmitting a request for data, receiving a response to the request for data comprising a portion of the requested data and an indication that additional data is available, and transmitting a request for additional data.

A method and computer program product prevent false positives from occurring by reducing or preventing legitimate web site content from triggering matches to phishing black lists, but provides time and cost savings over manual review of black lists. A method implemented in a computer system for detecting false positives among a plurality of search patterns of web sites that include illegitimate content comprises accessing a first page of a legitimate web site, obtaining all links included in the first page, for each link included in the first page that points to a page on the web site, determining whether the link matches at least one of the plurality of search patterns, and for each link that matches the search pattern, indicating that the search pattern is a false positive.

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