Avatar protection within a virtual universe

An article of manufacture for protecting a protected avatar from actions of a second avatar in a virtual universe, comprising:

• a computer readable tangible storage device having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer processing unit, cause a computer system processing unit to:
• identify a virtual universe item;
• define a protective action associated with at least one activity and executable against at least one of a protected avatar or a second avatar, wherein the at least one activity comprises at least one of:
• (i) the second avatar adding the virtual universe item to an inventory of the second avatar;
• or (ii) the second avatar presenting the virtual universe item to the protected avatar;
• monitor for an occurrence of the at least one activity in a virtual universe;
• and
• execute the protective action against at least one of the protected avatar or the second avatar in response to the occurrence of the at least one activity.

A system for protecting a protected avatar from actions of a second avatar in a virtual universe, the system comprising:

• one or more physical processors programmed with one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more physical processors to:
• identify a virtual universe item;
• monitor for an occurrence of at least one activity in a virtual universe, wherein the at least one activity comprises at least one of (i):
• a second avatar adding the virtual universe item to an inventory of the second avatar;
• or (ii) the second avatar presenting the virtual universe item to a protected avatar;
• and
• execute a protective action against at least one of the protected avatar or the second avatar in response to the occurrence of the at least one activity.

A method of protecting an avatar from actions of another avatar in a virtual universe, the method being implemented on a computer system that includes one or more physical processors executing one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising:

• identifying, by the computer system, a first avatar as a protected avatar;
• monitoring, by the computer system, for an occurrence of at least one activity performable by a second avatar in a virtual universe;
• and
• providing, by the computer system, at least one of:
• (i) an indication to the protected avatar that is related to the second avatar in response to the occurrence of the at least one activity;
• or (ii) an indication to the second avatar that is related to the protected avatar in response to the occurrence of the at least one activity.