Determining website reputations using automatic testing

• US 20060253458A1
• Filed: 01/26/2006
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: McAfee, LLC
• Original Assignee: McAfee, Inc. (McAfee, LLC)
• Inventors: Pinckney, Thomas, Dixon, Christopher John
• Granted Patent: US 7,822,620 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/552 involving long-term monitoring or reporting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2119 Authenticating web pages, e.g. with suspicious links
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1483 service impersonation, e.g. phishing, pharming or web spoofing detection of rogue wireless access points H04W12/12

Abstract

An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving automatically generating a third party assessment of a website'"'"'s reputation, and storing an indicia of the assessment in a format and location that may be accessible by a client computing facility attempting to interact with the website.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

automatically generating a third party assessment of a website'"'"'s reputation; and

storing an indicia of the assessment in a format and location accessible by a client computing facility attempting to interact with the website.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the format is further adapted to provide the indicia at a time corresponding with the attempted website interaction.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the location is associated with a server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the location is associated with a client.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the format is adapted to provide accessibility at the time the client facility is attempting to interact with the website.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatic testing is to measure the number of annoying pop ups received after interacting with the website.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatic testing is to measure if the website is attempting to change a web browser setting.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the web browser setting is a browser'"'"'s home page setting.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the web browser setting is a browser'"'"'s security setting.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the automatic testing is to assess if the website is an End User License Agreement.

11-51. -51. (canceled)

52. A system, comprising:

an automation facility adapted to generate a third party assessment of a website'"'"'s reputation; and

a storage facility adapted to store an indicia of the assessment in a format and location accessible by a client computing facility attempting to interact with the website.

53. The system of claim 52, wherein the format is further adapted to provide the indicia at a time corresponding with the attempted website interaction.

54. The system of claim 52, wherein the location is associated with a server.

55. The system of claim 52, wherein the location is associated with a client.

56. The system of claim 52, wherein the format is adapted to provide accessibility at the time the client facility is attempting to interact with the website.

57. The system of claim 52, wherein the automatic testing is to measure the number of annoying pop ups received after interacting with the website.

58. The system of claim 52, wherein the automatic testing is to measure if the website is attempting to change a web browser setting.

59. The system of claim 58, wherein the web browser setting is a browser'"'"'s home page setting.

60. The system of claim 58, wherein the web browser setting is a browser'"'"'s security setting.

61. The system of claim 58, wherein the automatic testing is to assess if the website is an End User License Agreement.

62-102. -102. (canceled)