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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:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Joseph C. Lowe, Aloha, OR (US);
Jonathan L. Edwards, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew A. Woodruff, Portland, OR (US);
Joel R. Spurlock, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Joseph C. Lowe, Aloha, OR (US);
Jonathan L. Edwards, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew A. Woodruff, Portland, OR (US);
Joel R. Spurlock, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are provided for preventing malware infection. In use, mass-mailing-type malware is prevented from sending electronic messages via a network. Malware is also prevented from communicating. Still yet, unrecognized attachments are prevented from opening, and executable files are prevented from being infected via the network.