US 8,782,786 B2 · Remedial action against malicious code at a client facility

Abstract

Aspects of this invention may relate to a malicious application remedial action request application where a network site interaction may be requested from a client computing facility; the network site interaction from the client computing facility may be determined to be unacceptable based on an acceptance policy at a gateway facility; access to the network site from the client computing facility may be denied; information relating to the attempted interaction with the network site may be sent from the gateway facility to the client computing facility, wherein the information may indicate that the attempted interaction occurred; and the client computing facility may interpret the information relating to the attempted interaction, determine whether the attempted interaction was the result of an automatically generated request, and take remedial action in the event that the attempted interaction was the result of the automatically generated request.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

requesting an interaction with a network site from a client computing facility;
determining that the interaction is unacceptable based on an acceptance policy for an enterprise at a gateway facility to the enterprise;
denying access to the network site from the client computing facility;
sending an information file to the client including information relating to the attempted interaction with the network site, wherein the information indicates that the interaction was requested;
and
causing the client computing facility, in response to receipt of the information file, to interpret the information relating to the requested interaction, determine whether the requested interaction was the result of an automatically generated request by malicious code, and take remedial action in the event that the attempted interaction was the result of the automatically generated request by malicious code.

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Remedial action against malicious code at a client facility

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Abstract

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