Scareware detection
US9130988B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 14, 2011 |
| Grant date | Sep 8, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/168
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A machine-implemented method for detecting scareware includes the steps of accessing one or more landing pages to be evaluated, extracting one or more features from the landing pages, and providing a classifier to compare the features extracted from the landing pages with features of known scareware and non-scareware pages. The classifier determines a likelihood that the landing page is scareware. If determined to be scareware, the landing page is removed from search results generated by a search engine. The features can be URLs, text, image interest points, image descriptors, a number of pop-ups generated, IP addresses, hostnames, domain names, text derived from images, images, metadata, identifiers of executables, and combinations thereof.
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