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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2006
Ariel Faigon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Timothy M. Converse, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Priyank S. Garg, San Jose, CA (US);
Ariel Faigon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Timothy M. Converse, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Priyank S. Garg, San Jose, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are provided through which 'suspicious' websites may be identified automatically. A suspicious website is one that is associated with many changes or an inconsistent number of changes in web registry information over time. Registry information is received when changes to the registry information occur. The registry information is referred to as a transaction. A transaction is comprised of a plurality of values that each correspond to a characteristic. A characteristic is a property of a website, such as the website's contact information. A count associated with a particular characteristic-value pair is updated each time the particular value is identified in a transaction. A high count indicates that the website associated with the particular value is associated with a lot of changes. Therefore, a website associated with a high count is suspicious. Other factors that may be used for identifying a 'suspicious' website include how often and how much the count changes.