Method and apparatus for performing a reputation based analysis on a malicious infection to secure a computer
US8839432B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 1, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/577
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing a reputation based analysis on a malicious infection to secure a computer. In one embodiment, the method includes monitoring application activity occurring at computers, generating reputation information associated with the application activity, in response to a malicious infection to at least one of the computers, examining the reputation information to access unreputed portions of the application activity that occurred at the at least one of the computers and determining a malicious signature based on the unreputed portions of the application activity.
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