Mcafee, Inc.

Weiguo Yang

Kathryn Young

A computing apparatus includes a hardware platform having a processor and a memory; an operating system (OS) having a GUI with a user-initiatable share function, and an interface to register a share target for the share function; and instructions encoded within the memory to provide a security agent, the instructions to instruct the processor to: receive from the OS a notification that an object has been shared to the security agent via the share function; responsive to the notification, initiate a security scan or reputation action for the shared object; receive a security or reputation response from the security scan or reputation action; and based at least in part on the security scan or reputation response, display a security or reputation notification via the GUI.

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Waterloo, Canada

Weiguo Yang