Patent ID: 7461257
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program, embodied on a computer readable storage medium, for assisting a user to determine whether a hyperlink to a target uniform resource locator (URL) is spoofed, comprising: a code segment that listens with a computerized system for an activation of the hyperlink; a code segment that extracts an originator identifier and encrypted data from the hyperlink, wherein said encrypted data associated with said hyperlink does not include payload data; a code segment that decrypts said encrypted data into decrypted data based on said originator identifier; a code segment that matches said originator identifier from said hyperlink to one of a plurality of registered originators against a unique identity extracted from said decrypted data: a code segment that presents information on a display unit; a code segment that redirects; and a code segment that determines whether the hyperlink includes said originator identifier