Method and system for protecting a computer and a network from hostile downloadables

A computer-based method, comprising the steps of:

• receiving an incoming Downloadable;
• deriving security profile data for the Downloadable, including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• and
• storing the Downloadable security profile data in a database.

A system for managing Downloadables, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving an incoming Downloadable;
• a Downloadable scanner coupled with said receiver, for deriving security profile data for the Downloadable, including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• and
• a database manager coupled with said Downloadable scanner, for storing the Downloadable security profile data in a database.

A computer-based method, comprising the steps of:

• receiving an incoming Downloadable;
• deriving security profile data for the Downloadable, including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• appending a representation of the Downloadable security profile data to the Downloadable, to generate an appended Downloadable;
• and
• transmitting the appended Downloadable to a destination computer.

A system for managing Downloadables, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving an incoming Downloadable;
• a Downloadable scanner coupled with said receiver for deriving security profile data for Downloadable, including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• a file appender coupled with said Downloadable scanner, for appending a representation of the Downloadable security profile data to the Downloadable, to generate an appended an appended Downloadable;
• and
• a transmitter coupled with said file appender, for transmitting the appended Downloadable to a destination computer.

A computer-based method, comprising the steps of:

• receiving an incoming Downloadable;
• deriving security profile data for Downloadable, including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• and
• transmitting the Downloadable and a representation of the Downloadable security profile data to a destination computer, via a transport protocol transmission.

A system for managing Downloadables, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving an incoming Downloadable;
• a Downloadable scanner coupled with said receiver, for deriving security profile data for the Downloadable, including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• and
• a transmitter coupled with said receiver and with said Downloadable scanner, for transmitting the Downloadable and a representation of the Downloadable security profile data to a destination computer, via a transport protocol transmission.

A computer-based method, comprising the steps of:

• receiving an incoming Downloadable;
• receiving security profile data for the Downloadable, including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• appending a representation of the Downloadable security profile data to the Downloadable, to generate an appended Downloadable;
• and
• transmitting the appended Downloadable to a destination computer.

A system for managing Downloadables, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving an incoming Downloadable, and for receiving security profile data for the Downloadable, including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• a file appender coupled with said receiver for appending a representation of the Downloadable security profile data to the Downloadable, to generate an appended Downloadable;
• and
• a transmitter coupled with said file appender, for transmitting the appended Downloadable to a destination computer.

A computer-based method, comprising the steps of:

• receiving an incoming Downloadable;
• receiving security profile data for the Downloadable, including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• and
• transmitting the Downloadable and a representation of the Downloadable security profile data to a destination computer, via a transport protocol transmission.

A computer-based method, comprising the steps of:

• receiving an incoming Downloadable addressed;
• retrieving security profile data for the incoming Downloadable from a database of Downloadable security profiles indexed according to Downloadable IDs, based on an ID of the incoming Downloadable, the security profile data including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• appending a representation of the retrieved Downloadable security profile data to the incoming Downloadable, to generate an appended Downloadable;
• and
• transmitting the appended Downloadable to a destination computer.

A system for managing Downloadables, comprising:

• a receiver for receiving an incoming Downloadable addressed to a client;
• a database manager for retrieving security profile data for the incoming Downloadable from a database of Downloadable security profiles indexed according to Downloadable IDs, based on an ID of the incoming Downloadable, the security profiled data including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• a file appender coupled with said receiver for appending a representation of the Downloadable security profile data to the incoming Downloadable, to generate an appended Downloadable;
• and
• a transmitter coupled with said file appender, for transmitting the appended Downloadable to a destination computer.

A computer-based method, comprising the steps of:

• receiving an incoming Downloadable;
• receiving security profile data for the incoming Downloadable from a database of Downloadable security profiles indexed according to Downloadable IDs, based on an ID of the incoming Downloadable, the security profiled data including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• and
• transmitting the incoming Downloadable and a representation of the retrieved Downloadable security profiled data to a destination computer, via a transport protocol transmission.

A system for managing Downloadable, comprising;

• a receiver for receiving an incoming Downloadable addressed to a client;
• a database manager for retrieving security profile data for the incoming Downloadable from a database of Downloadable security profiles indexed according to Downloadable IDs, based on an ID of the incoming Downloadable, the security profiled data including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• and
• a transmitter coupled with said receiver, for transmitting the incoming Downloadable and a representation of the retrieved Downloadable security profile data to a destination computer, via a transport protocol transmission.

A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing at least one computing device to:

• receive an incoming Downloadable;
• derive security profile data for the Downloadable, including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• append a representation of the Downloadable security profile data to the Downloadable, to generate an appended Downloadable;
• and
• transmit the appended Downloadable to a destination computer.

A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing at least one computing device to:

• receive an incoming Downloadable;
• derive security profile data for the Downloadable, including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• and
• transmit the Downloadable and a representation of the Downloadable security profile data to a destination computer, via a transport protocol transmission.

A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing at least one computing device to:

• receive an incoming Downloadable;
• receive security profile data for the Downloadable, including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• append a representation of the Downloadable security profile data to the Downloadable, to generate an appended Downloadable;
• and
• transmit the appended Downloadable to a destination computer.

A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing at least one computing device to:

• receive an incoming Downloadable;
• receive security profile data for the Downloadable, including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• and
• transmit the Downloadable and a representation of the Downloadable security profile data to a destination computer, via a transport protocol transmission.

A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing at least one computing device to:

• receive an incoming Downloadable;
• retrieve security profile data for the incoming Downloadable from a database of Downloadable security profiles indexed according to Downloadable IDs, based on an ID of the incoming Downloadable, the security profiled data including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• append a representation of the retrieved Downloadable security profile data to the incoming Downloadable, to generate an appended Downloadable;
• and
• transmit the appended Downloadable to a destination computer.

A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing at least one computing device to:

• receive an incoming Downloadable;
• retrieve security profile data for the incoming Downloadable from a database of Downloadable security profiles indexed according to Downloadable IDs, based on an ID of the incoming Downloadable, the security profiled data including a list of suspicious computer operations that may be attempted by the Downloadable;
• and
• transmit the incoming Downloadable and a representation of the retrieved Downloadable security profile data to a destination computer, via a transport protocol transmission.