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US 2010/0162391 A1Published application
Online Risk Mitigation
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsShawn Loveland, Geoffrey J. Hulten, Elliott Jeb Haber, John L. Scarrow
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Abstract
Online risk mitigation techniques are described. In an implementation, a service is queried for a reputation associated with an object from an online source in response to selection of the object. A backup of a client that is to receive the object is stored prior to obtaining the object when the reputation does not meet a threshold reputation level.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- querying a service for a reputation associated with an object from an online source, responsive to selection of the object;
- and
- storing a backup of a client that is to receive the object prior to obtaining the object when the reputation does not meet a threshold reputation level.
A system comprising:
- a reputation module configured to query a service for a reputation associated with an object requested in an online session by a client;
- and
- a backup module to automatically create a virtual environment such that the object is isolated, within the virtual environment, from a backup of data of the client that is stored prior to receiving the object, responsive to a determination that the reputation does not meet a threshold reputation level.
One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that are executable to generate a service that is operable to:
- query for a reputation associated with web content that is designated by a uniform resource locator (URL) before the web content is accessed;
- and
- store a backup of data of a client to restore the client to a state before the web content was accessed when the reputation does not meet a threshold reputation level for the client.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.