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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:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jun Mao, Torrance, CA (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/56 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/56 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for detecting malicious software is described. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying an unknown application on mobile device, identifying a package name of the unknown application, analyzing the package name of the unknown application in relation to package names of one or more categorized applications, and determining a likelihood the unknown application includes malware based at least in part on analyzing the package name of the unknown application.