Detecting malware in content items
US8621613B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 26, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/145
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed are various systems, methods, and other embodiments directed to detection of malware in content items. To detect the malware, for example, an environment is simulated in a computing device configured to render a network page having a container for content placement. The existence of malware in a content item is detected in the computing device by implementing a rendering of the network page in the environment with the content item inserted in the container to detect an unauthorized action by the content item.
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