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Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2019
Applicant:

Mcafee, Llc, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Craig Schmugar, Beaverton, OR (US);

Jyothi Mehandale, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

McAfee, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/552 (2013.01); G06F 16/24552 (2019.01); G06F 21/567 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a network interface; a hardware platform, including at least a processor and a memory; and instructions encoded in the memory to instruct the processor to: identify an executable object to be run on the apparatus, the executable object to provision a plurality of local files or objects with unknown local reputations; query via the network interface a remote service with an identification of the executable object; responsive to the query, receive from the remote service a reputation batch for the local files or object; and selectively permit installation of the executable object and/or the plurality of local files or objects based at least in part on individual reputations within the reputation batch.


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