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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 11/1464 (2013.01); G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 21/552 (2013.01); H04L 63/101 (2013.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); G06F 2201/86 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting and addressing suspicious file restore activities may include (i) detecting a restore activity during which files are restored to a client device from a previously stored backup of the files, (ii) determining that a total number of the files restored during the restore activity exceeds a threshold number, and (iii) performing, based on the total number of the files exceeding the threshold number, a security action to protect the client device from a malicious threat associated with the restore activity. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.