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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Richard Sutton, Los Angeles, CA (US);
John Millard, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Sutton, Los Angeles, CA (US);
John Millard, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique is disclosed for tracking a virus. For each of at least a subset of received network packets it is determined whether the packet comprises an open packet. Information usable to determine a sender of the packet in the event the a virus associated with a network transmission with which the packet is associated is determined to have been received is copied from each packet determined to be an open packet, but not from at least a subset of packets not determined to be open packets.