Patent ID: 7757002

Claim:
A proxy system for analyzing pre-fetched network content, the proxy system embodied on a local computing device including the following components realized in software executing on the local computing device: a content retriever for retrieving a first content on a network, said content retriever configured to pre-fetch additional content linked or connected to said first content; a content analyzer for analyzing said first content and said pre-fetched additional content according to a content policy and allowing access to said first content and said pre-fetched additional content in accordance with said content policy, wherein said content policy includes at least one malware definition for detecting unwanted malware to be filtered or blocked by the proxy system, thereby providing allowed content; and a content renderer for rendering said allowed content according to said content policy for provision to a user upon user request, wherein said content renderer renders links to said allowed content based on a status of said links, and wherein the link status dynamically changes based on analysis of retrieved content by said content analyzer.