Patent ID: 8434148

Claim:
A network system comprising: a server computer operative to provide a transaction with an end-user device over a transaction network; an agent configured to operate on the end-user device operative to securely download a security mechanism from a trusted source to the end-user device to protect the end-user device during the transaction, the agent being pre-configured with a network address to a secure network address resolution service configured to provide an IP address of the trusted source; and the security mechanism being configured to operate on the end-user device to at least partially protect the end-user device from malicious code, the malicious code being operative on the end-user device to attempt to capture confidential data presented during the transaction, the security mechanism being maintained by a party other than an end user of the end-user device, wherein the security mechanism being further configured operative to temporarily suspend an application that is not necessary for the transaction, and the temporary suspension being for the duration of the transaction.