Suppression of undesirable email messages by emulating vulnerable systems
AssigneeGoZoom.com, Inc.
InventorTonny Yu
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Abstract
Provided herein are systems and methods for suppressing delivery of undesirable messages through vulnerable systems. In an embodiment, a system include an emulator emulates one or more vulnerable systems that can be used by spammers to relay, forward or otherwise send undesirable email messages to target systems. The system also includes one or more modules associated with the emulator and configured to automatically identifying, as being undesirable, email messages that are to be relayed, forwarded or otherwise sent to target systems via at least one of the one or more vulnerable systems emulated by the emulator.
Claims18
A method for inhibiting or suppressing delivery of undesirable email messages through vulnerable systems comprising:
- (a) emulating one or more vulnerable systems that can be used by spammers to relay, forward or otherwise send undesirable email messages to target systems;
- and
- (b) automatically identifying, as being undesirable, email messages that are to be relayed, forwarded or otherwise sent to target systems via at least one of the one or more vulnerable systems being emulated at step (a).
A system for inhibiting or suppressing delivery of undesirable email messages through vulnerable systems comprising:
- an emulator that emulates one or more vulnerable systems that can be used by spammers to relay, forward or otherwise send undesirable email messages to target systems;
- and
- one or more modules associated with the emulator and configured to automatically identifying, as being undesirable, email messages that are to be relayed, forwarded or otherwise sent to target systems via at least one of the one or more vulnerable systems emulated by the emulator.
A non-transitory computer readable medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform the steps comprising:
- emulating one or more vulnerable systems that can be used by spammers to relay, forward or otherwise send undesirable email messages to target systems;
- and
- automatically identifying, as being undesirable, email messages that are to be relayed, forwarded or otherwise sent to target systems via at least one of the one or more vulnerable systems being emulated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.