Patent ID: 6868465

Claim:
A method for protecting against a computer operation from being automatically performed without first confirming a user's intention for performance of the operation, comprising, for a specific performance of the computer operation, the steps of: (a) seeking confirmation of the user's intention that the specific performance of the operation occur; and (b) initiating the specific performance of the computer operation after a user's intention that the specific performance of the operation occur is confirmed; (c) wherein the users s intention that the specific performance of the operation occur is confirmed by a physical act of the user without requiring the use of a user-input device, the physical act of the user itself representing the confirmation of the user's intention that the specific performance of the operation occur; (d) wherein the physical act of the user is performed when confirmation of the user's intention that the specific performance of the operation occur is sought in said step (a); and (e) wherein the physical act of the user comprises removing from a computer configuration a removable storage medium after a check for the presence of the removable storage medium within the computer configuration is performed, and before a check for the continued presence of the removable storage medium within the computer configuration is performed.