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Preventing and detecting print-provider startup malware

US8640242B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims

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Assignee

McAfee, LLC · US

Inventors

Girish Kulkarni · Hukkeri, IN
Nandi Dharma Kishore · Bengaluru, IN
Pradeep Kumar Govindaraju · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 1, 2011
Grant date	Jan 28, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/84
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for preventing malware attacks includes detecting an attempt on an electronic device to modify a print service registry, determining an entity associated with the attempt to modify the print service registry, determining a malware status of the entity, and, based on the malware status of the entity, allowing or denying the modification to the print service registry. The print service registry is configured to store configuration information about mechanisms to be used when printing from the electronic device.

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