Patent · US Active

Rollback feature

US8539583B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by
9References
17Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 3, 2009
Grant dateSep 17, 2013
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 6, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2221/034
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for rolling back protection processes. In one aspect, a method includes determining that a file is a malicious file, storing a duplicate of the file in a quarantine area, performing one or more protection processes on the file, if the determination that the file is a malicious file is a false positive determination, restoring the file by a pre-boot rollback process to a state prior to the one or more protection processes performed on the file, and booting the computer with the restored file, and if the determination that the file is a malicious file is not a false positive determination, not restoring the file to a state prior to the one or more protection processes performed on the file, and booting the computer.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.