Detecting and responding to malware using link files
US8863282B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 15, 2009 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/145
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for monitoring the generation of link files by processes on a computer and performing protection processes based on whether the link files target malicious objects or are generated by malicious processes. In one aspect, a method includes monitoring for a generation of a first file that includes a target path that points to an object; in response to monitoring the generation of the first file: determining whether the target path is a uniform resource locator; in response to determining that the target path is a uniform resource locator, identifying a process that caused the first file to be generated; determining whether the process is a prohibited process; in response to determining that the process is a prohibited process, performing one or more protection processes on the process and the first file; in response to determining that the process is not a prohibited process, determining whether the uniform resource locator is a prohibited uniform resource locator; in response to determining that the uniform resource locator is a prohibited uniform resource locator, performing one or mor…
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