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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2005
Christopher Alexander, Canoga Park, CA (US);
Carey Nachenberg, Northridge, CA (US);
Christopher Alexander, Canoga Park, CA (US);
Carey Nachenberg, Northridge, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media protect sensitive data from being submitted in response to malicious e-mail. Responsive to initiating interaction with a remote site by clicking on a link, a method for protecting sensitive data from being submitted to a suspicious remote site responsive to a malicious e-mail comprises the steps of determining whether each remote target site a user attempts to access requests input of sensitive data; monitoring transmissions between a user's computer and remote target sites; and determining that a suspicious remote site is attempting to glean sensitive data from the user, responsive to a condition from a group of conditions consisting of: determining that a remote target site the user is attempting to access requests input of sensitive data; and detecting an attempt to transmit sensitive data between the user's computer and a remote target site.