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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:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicants:
Martin A. Brown, Bicester, GB;
Vincent P. Gullotto, Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Martin A. Brown, Bicester, GB;
Vincent P. Gullotto, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for detecting network activity governed by malicious code is provided. A protocol layer associated with data communications over a network is monitored. A determination is made as to whether the data communications are prompted by malicious code based on the monitoring. A security event is initiated upon it being determined that the data communications are prompted by malicious code.