System, method, and computer program product for identifying a file used to automatically launch content as unwanted

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8990943-B2
Application number	US-43669409-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2009
Priority date	May 6, 2009
Publication date	Mar 24, 2015
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for identifying a file utilized to automatically launch content as unwanted. In one embodiment, a file is identified in response to a detection of unwanted code, the file utilized to automatically launch content. Additionally, it is determined whether an identifier associated with the unwanted code is included in the file. Further, the file is identified as unwanted based on the determination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer instructions stored thereon to cause one or more processing units to:
receive an indication of detection of malware, the malware accessible from a computer system;
identify a file, separate from the malware, in response to the indication of detection, the identified file utilized to automatically initiate execution of code in the computer system;
determine whether the identified file is config…

Assignees

• Thomas Vinoo
• Prashanth Palasamudram Ramagopal
• Mohandas Rahul
• Mcafee Inc

Inventors

• Thomas Vinoo
• Prashanth Palasamudram Ramagopal
• Mohandas Rahul

Classifications

• G06F21/56 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F2221/034

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F21/562 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic