SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING SEARCH ENGINE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for preventing spread of malicious searchable content. SOLUTION: The system and method are incorporated within a search engine for preventing spread of the malicious searchable content. The system includes a detection mechanism for detecting malicious searchable content within searchable content traversed by a web crawler. The system additionally includes a presentation mechanism for handling the detected malicious searchable content upon determination that the malicious searchable content is included in search results provided by the search engine. The presentation mechanism handles the detected malicious searchable content in order to prevent spread of the malicious searchable content to a receiver of the search results. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI