Malware Warning System Using Swipe Gesture Confirmation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users often unintentionally activate malware due to the difficulty in making a timely stop during touch-based input, and existing systems face issues with false positives, leading to potential harm from malware.
Innovation Solution
A malware warning system that provides multiple warning modules and requires a confirmatory action, such as a swipe gesture, before accessing suspicious websites, applications, or files, using client- and server-based embodiments to analyze URLs and generate threat levels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a simple touch interface is used for rapid input, then input speed is improved, but the ability to stop unintentional malware activation is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by requiring a changing gesture (swiping motion) rather than a static touch. The user must perform a continuous swiping motion across the warning message to confirm access, transforming the interaction from a simple static touch to a dynamic multi-step gesture that provides time for reflection and prevents accidental malware activation while maintaining input speed
2Reliability
If multiple warning modules and confirmatory actions are implemented, then malware prevention is improved, but device complexity is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses the warning message itself as an intermediary element that mediates between the user's intent to access content and the system's security checks. The warning message serves as both the security mechanism and the user interface, requiring a swiping gesture to dismiss. This intermediary approach provides multiple layers of protection without significantly increasing overall system complexity, as the warning module acts as a central coordinating element
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AI summary
A malware warning system, including a client sending requests to and receiving replies from a server, and a server, including a first warning generator sending to the client a warning including a threat level of content located at a web site, in response to receiving from the client a URL for accessing content at the web site, a second warning generator sending to the client a warning including information about at least one of the nature of the threat of the content located at the web site and a location of the web site, in response to receiving from the client a request for more information about the nature of the threat, and a third warning generator, sending to the client a warning including an instruction to perform a swipe gesture to confirm a request to access the URL, in response to receiving that request from the client.