Systems and methods for using acquisitional contexts to prevent false-positive malware classifications
US8627469B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/145
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for using acquisitional contexts to prevent false-positive malware classifications. The method may include (1) receiving, from at least one client-side computing device within a community of users, contextual information associated with a file, (2) determining, based at least in part on the contextual information received from the client-side computing device, a reputation rating for the file, and (3) providing the reputation rating for the file to at least one additional client-side computing device within the community in order to prevent the additional client-side computing device from falsely classifying the file as untrustworthy due to acquiring an additional instance of the file via a context that is insufficient to determine that the additional instance of the file is trustworthy. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.
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