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Automated service for blocking malware hosts

US8646038B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Anthony Blumfield · Scarsdale, US
Ronald Franczyk · Redmond, US
Andrew Newman · Bristol, GB
Anatoly Koretsky · San Antonio, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 2006
Grant date	Feb 4, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 1, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/0236
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and/or techniques (“tools”) that relate to an automated service for blocking malware hosts are described herein. In different implementations, the tools receive network addresses identifying hosts that are discovered to contain malware. The tools also provide the network addresses to a collection and storage service. Other components provided by the tools receive the network addresses from, for example, a plurality of reporting clients. These components may aggregate the network addresses across the reporting clients, and store instances of the malware and associated malware addresses.

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