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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2016
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jonathon Salehpour, Upland, CA (US);
Somard Kruayatidee, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to scanning for security threats on a lightweight computing device. An example method generally includes receiving, from a mobile device, a software package including a lightweight computing device security application. A lightweight device transmits, to the mobile device, information identifying at least a first application installed on the lightweight computing device. In response, the lightweight device receives, from the mobile device, information identifying the first application as being a known security threat and remediates a security threat posed by the identified application.