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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2006
Anthony Blumfield, Redmond, WA (US);
Ronald Franczyk, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Newman, Redmond, WA (US);
Anatoly Koretsky, San Antonio, TX (US);
Anthony Blumfield, Redmond, WA (US);
Ronald Franczyk, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Newman, Redmond, WA (US);
Anatoly Koretsky, San Antonio, TX (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and/or techniques ('tools') that relate to an automated service for blocking malware hosts are described herein. In different implementations, the tools receive network addresses identifying hosts that are discovered to contain malware. The tools also provide the network addresses to a collection and storage service. Other components provided by the tools receive the network addresses from, for example, a plurality of reporting clients. These components may aggregate the network addresses across the reporting clients, and store instances of the malware and associated malware addresses.