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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2016
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Spencer Smith, El Segundo, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for uniquely identifying malicious advertisements may include (1) associating, by a browser advertisement platform, a browser advertisement with a unique identifier for the browser advertisement, (2) transmitting, by the browser advertisement platform, the browser advertisement to be displayed on at least one endpoint computing device in conjunction with the unique identifier, (3) receiving, at the browser advertisement platform, a message from the endpoint computing device that includes the unique identifier and that indicates that the browser advertisement was associated with malicious activity on the endpoint computing device, and (4) performing, by the browser advertisement platform, a security action on the browser advertisement in response to the message indicating that the browser advertisement with the unique identifier was associated with the malicious activity. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.