Malware detection and computer monitoring methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9058488-B2
Application number	US-201313966842-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2013
Priority date	Aug 14, 2013
Publication date	Jun 16, 2015
Grant date	Jun 16, 2015

Abstract

A method is disclosed, where some embodiments of the method include installing at least one benign malware indicator on one or more computing devices, monitoring the one or more computing devices for the presence of the at least one benign malware indicator, and responsive to determining the benign malware indicator is no longer present, sending a notification indicating the benign malware indicator is no longer detected as present on the one or more computing devices. Other embodiments include performing an antivirus scan or identifying unauthorized software programs. An apparatus and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-readable instructions capable of performing similar actions, the latter in conjunction with a computer executing instructions stored on the media, are also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
installing, using a computer processor, at least one benign malware indicator on one or more computing devices, wherein the at least one benign malware indicator is an installed malware program;
configuring, using the computer processor, an antivirus program used to protect the one or more computing devices to prevent one or more undesired effects attributable to the installed malware program;
monitoring, using t…

Assignees

• Bank Of America

Inventors

• Yu Sounil

Classifications

• G06F21/564

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F21/561

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F2221/033

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F21/56 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic