METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR BLOCKING UNWANTED SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS

摘要

Methods and systems for blocking unwanted software downloads within a network. Such methods may thereby prevent (i) downloads of spyware from one or more identified locations, and/or (ii) certain outbound communications from the network and/or may also permit software downloads only from specified locations. In general, the policies are defined by rules specified by a network administrator or other user.

主权项

1. An network device comprising:
a receiver to receive a software file from a public network; a file type identifier to identify a file type of the software file; a blocking decision module to determine whether the downloaded software file should be blocked based on the identified file type of the software file; and a content transformation module configured to removing object tags contained in the downloaded software file, if the downloaded software file is not blocked by the blocking decision module.