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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
NortonLifeLock Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for preventing malicious applications from exploiting application services may include (i) identifying an attempt by an application, executing within a sandboxed environment that isolates the application's data and code execution from at least one other application executing within an operating system on the computing device, to launch at least one application service, (ii) determining that the application represents a potential security risk, (iii) prompting a user of the computing device to remediate the potential security risk posed by the application by performing a recommended security action, and (iv) while waiting for the user to perform the recommended security action, securing the computing device by blocking the attempt by the application to launch the application service. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.