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Apparatus and methods for shortening user exposure to malicious websites

  • US 10,334,015 B2
  • Filed: 04/28/2017
  • Issued: 06/25/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for enhancing computer security, the method comprising:

  • receiving a first dataset including a first plurality of websites that have been identified as potentially including malicious software by an application running on a user'"'"'s computer device and a second dataset including a second plurality of websites, the second plurality of websites comprising whitelisted websites;

    executing a first set of instructions, the first set of instructions including;

    accessing each of the first plurality of websites and, based on the accessing, assigning a confidence score to each of the websites;

    executing a second set of instructions, the second set of instructions including;

    creating a third dataset including a third list of websites having a URL that includes a predetermined term; and

    removing from the third dataset the second plurality of websites to create a modified third dataset;

    extracting from the first dataset all websites having an assigned confidence score greater than a predetermined value;

    combining the extracted data from the first dataset and the modified third dataset to create a fourth dataset including a fourth list of potentially malicious websites;

    initiating a take-down procedure for the fourth list of potentially malicious websites by sending a take-down request to one or more remote servers to take down the fourth list of potentially malicious websites, each of the one or more remote servers hosting one or more websites included in the fourth dataset; and

    sending a blocking instruction to a central server, the blocking instruction initiating a browser-based blocking of the fourth list of websites.

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