Abstract: A malware-protection method and a malware-protection system for protecting a computer from malware infection by preventing infected files from executing on the computer before they can do harm. The malware-protection method employs a number of techniques and relies on multiple layers of protection to identify trusted files, prevent execution of untrustworthy files, accurately detect corrupted files, analyze questionable files, and quarantine files. The malware-protection system includes a client-based verification, detection, blocking, and quarantine application that interacts and coordinates protection methods with application-verification servers, scan servers, definition-update servers, and policy servers to deliver intelligent malware protection as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) service. All users of the malware-protection system benefit from the detection of malicious files by any other user.

Abstract: A method for allowing individuals and groups of individuals to establish accountability relationships which are useful for generating shared commitments to avoid undesirable digital materials is disclosed. A application is loaded on a client which accesses a blacklist database of inappropriate words. The blacklist database associates a rating for each inappropriate word in the database. As a monitored user accesses digital content, a capture module captures the digital content in real time. All textual components of the digital content is examined and an overall appropriateness rating for each individual piece of digital content is developed. Via an access server, the data is recorded and reported and a monitoring user may a report on the data accessed by the monitored user.