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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:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for blocking an infection vector. In some embodiments, a method may include detecting, at a first device, a synchronization event with a second device, the first device and the second device operating with a proprietary mobile operating system. In some examples, the method may include recognizing, by the first device, that the first device is attempting to send a data package to the second device, and identifying the data package as malware. The method may further include blocking the data package from being received at the second device based at least in part on the identifying.