Patent ID: 8826426
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for generating reputation-based ratings for uniform resource locators, at least a portion of the method being performed by a reputation server comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying, by the reputation server, a uniform resource locator (URL) that identifies the location of at least one web resource; identifying, by the reputation server, at least one numeric computing-health score assigned to at least one computing device within a computing community that has previously accessed the URL; identifying, by the reputation server, a number of computing devices within the computing community that have previously accessed the URL; generating, by the reputation server, a reputation rating for the URL by: providing, by the reputation server, the reputation rating for the URL to at least one additional computing device to enable the additional computing device to evaluate whether the URL represents the potential security risk.