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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:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Nortonlifelock Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
NortonLifeLock Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for preventing the installation of malicious applications using system-level messages. One example method generally includes intercepting a request sent via an operating system of the computing device; determining the request is to access an application in a remote application repository; obtaining information associated with the application from the request; transmitting, over a network, the information to a security server; and receiving, over the network, a security recommendation for the application from the security server.