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Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2016
Applicant:

Forcepoint Llc, Austin, TX (US);

Inventor:

Monty D. McDougal, St. Paul, TX (US);

Assignee:

Forcepoint LLC, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/145 (2013.01); G06F 17/30076 (2013.01); G06F 21/568 (2013.01); H04L 51/08 (2013.01); H04L 51/14 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01);
Abstract

Generally discussed herein are systems, devices, and methods for malware nullification. A system can include a detect module to identify a file type of an attachment of the email, compare the identified file type to a list of unsafe file types, and in response to determining the identified file type is on the list of unsafe file types, remove the attachment from the email and forward the attachment to a database, a file converter module to receive the attachment from the detect module and convert the file to a safe file type so as to nullify malware in the attachment, an insert module to receive the file with the safe file type and replace the attachment of the email with the file with the safe file type, and a mail transfer agent to forward the email with the file with the safe file type to the client.


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