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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sujit Magar, Pune, IN;
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for determining reputations of files may include (i) identifying, on an endpoint device, a loadpoint data entry created by a file installed on the endpoint device that directs an operating system of the endpoint device to execute the file during boot up operations of the endpoint device, (ii) determining a reputation of the loadpoint data entry, (iii) detecting, on an additional endpoint device, an attempt to install a suspicious file with a loadpoint data entry at least partially similar to the loadpoint data entry of the file installed on the endpoint device, (iv) determining a reputation of the suspicious file based on the reputation of the loadpoint data entry of the file installed on the endpoint device, and (v) protecting the additional endpoint device from security threats by performing a security action on the suspicious file based on the reputation of the suspicious file.