Behavior blocking utilizing positive behavior system and method
US8220055B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 6, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/50
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes decreasing a suspicion of a negative action by an application if the application has previously performed a positive action. The positive action is an action that is never or rarely taken by malicious code. In one example, the positive action is use of a user interface element by the application to have a user interaction with a user of the computer system. By taking into consideration the positive action by the application, the occurrence of false positives is minimized.
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