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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2005
Angela K. Butcher, Duvall, WA (US);
Jason Garms, Woodinville, WA (US);
Kalid M. Azad, Bellevue, WA (US);
Marc E. Seinfeld, Mid Levels, HK;
Paul J. Bryan, Kenmore, WA (US);
Sterling M. Reasor, Bellevue, WA (US);
Alvin Loh, Sammamish, WA (US);
Angela K. Butcher, Duvall, WA (US);
Jason Garms, Woodinville, WA (US);
Kalid M. Azad, Bellevue, WA (US);
Marc E. Seinfeld, Mid Levels, HK;
Paul J. Bryan, Kenmore, WA (US);
Sterling M. Reasor, Bellevue, WA (US);
Alvin Loh, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for identifying and removing potentially unwanted software. A mechanism is provided that identifies suspect programs to a user and allows the user to prevent the suspect programs from running without actually deleting them. In one embodiment, scanner data identifying potentially unwanted software is displayed in a GUI that allows the user to inhibit its continued execution. For example, any software not on a list of known, benign applications/processes may be identified as potentially unwanted. Similarly, software that displays one or more suspect behaviors may be so identified, allowing the user to distinguish between normal and suspect software without irreversibly altering the user's system.