System and method for utilizing a search engine to prevent contamination
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsArt Shelest, Eytan Seidman
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Abstract
A system and method are incorporated within a search engine for preventing proliferation of malicious searchable content. The system includes a detection mechanism for detecting malicious searchable content within searchable content traversed by a web crawler. The system additionally includes a presentation mechanism for handling the detected malicious searchable content upon determination that the malicious searchable content is included in search results provided by the search engine. The presentation mechanism handles the detected malicious searchable content in order to prevent proliferation of the malicious searchable content to a receiver of the search results.
Claims20
A method for implementing a search engine for preventing contamination that occurs when a receiver of search results selects an infected search result link, the search engine including a crawler for traversing searchable content and indexing the traversed content, the method comprising:
- detecting any malicious searchable content within the traversed searchable content;
- and
- upon generation of search results that include an infected link to the detected malicious searchable content, handling presentation of the infected link in order to shield the receiver from contamination.
A system incorporated within a search engine for preventing proliferation of malicious searchable content, the system comprising:
- a detection mechanism for detecting malicious searchable content within searchable content traversed by a web crawler;
- and
- a presentation mechanism for handling the detected malicious searchable content upon determination that the malicious searchable content is included in search results provided by the search engine, the presentation mechanism handling the detected malicious searchable content in order to prevent proliferation of the malicious searchable content to a receiver of the search results.
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