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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2016
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark Kennedy, Gardena, CA (US);
Barry Laffoon, Glendale, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for optimizing computer detection of malware using pattern recognition by refreshing random classification forests are described. In one embodiment, the method may include building a random forest with two or more binary decision trees based at least in part on a first set of categorized data, sending the random forest to a client device with a first random forest control value, identifying a second set of categorized data different from the first set of categorized data, calculating a second random forest control value based on the second set of categorized data and sending the second random forest control value to the client device.