APPLICATION REPUTATION SERVICE
First Claim
1. A method for determining the reputation of an application, the method comprising:
- obtaining information from the application, the information comprising a set of identities,querying a reputation service provider with the set of identities for the application; and
determining a reputation of the application based on the reputations of the queried set of identities.
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Abstract
The claimed subject matter is directed to the use of an application reputation service to assist users with minimizing their computerized machines'"'"' exposure to and infection from malware. Specifically, the claimed subject matter provides a method and system of an application reputation service that contains the reputations for elements that are known to be non-malicious as well as those known to be malicious.
One embodiment of the claimed subject matter is implemented as a method to determine the reputation of an element (e.g., an application). When a user attempts to install or execute a new application, the Application Reputation Service is queried by the user'"'"'s machine with a set of identities for the element. The Application Reputation Service determines the reputation of the application by referencing a knowledge base of known reputations and returns an indication (e.g., an overall rating, or a flag) of how safe that application would be to install and run on the user'"'"'s computer.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for determining the reputation of an application, the method comprising:
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obtaining information from the application, the information comprising a set of identities, querying a reputation service provider with the set of identities for the application; and determining a reputation of the application based on the reputations of the queried set of identities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of mitigating the risk to a user of a computer system from an application attempting the performance of an operation, the method comprising:
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determining a reputation of the application by querying a reputation service provider with a set of identities for the application, determining the reputation of the application based on the reputations of the queried set of identities, and receiving an indication of the reputation of the application; communicating to the user an indication of the reputation of the application; and raising security measures in the system of the user if the reputation of the application is unknown or determined to be malicious. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for providing an application reputation service, the system comprising:
a computer system having a processor coupled to a memory, the memory having computer readable code, which when executed by the processor causes the computer system to implement; a reputation service provider capable of determining the reputation of an application, wherein, the reputation service provider determines the reputation of an application by referencing one or more identities of the application from a set of identities corresponding to the application with a reputation knowledge database. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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