Systems and methods for securing computers

Details Systems and methods for securing computers Systems and methods for securing computers

2007-12-26

2010-11-09

Meky, Moustafa M (Department: 2457)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Demand based messaging

C709S224000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07831672

ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods are disclosed for avoiding electronic mail (email) attacks on a computer by downloading one or more emails in virtual-copy format to prevent the one or more emails from executing; determining whether a potentially infected email is in the one or more emails; and displaying the potentially infected email to a user and providing a user interface to allow the user to select and delete the infected email prior to downloading emails to the user's computer.

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