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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2015
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jun Mao, Torrance, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for preventing vulnerable files from being opened may include (1) registering a security application as a universal file opener, (2) receiving, at the security application, a request to open a file, (3) identifying at least one other application on the computing device that is capable of opening the file, (4) determining, based on a security analysis, that there is a security risk in opening the file with the other application that is capable of opening the file, and (5) preventing the other application that is capable of opening the file from opening the file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.