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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:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2002
Victor Kouznetsov, Aloha, OR (US);
Davide Libenzi, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Martin Fallenstedt, Beaverton, OR (US);
David W. Palmer, Portland, OR (US);
Michael C. Pak, Portland, OR (US);
Victor Kouznetsov, Aloha, OR (US);
Davide Libenzi, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Martin Fallenstedt, Beaverton, OR (US);
David W. Palmer, Portland, OR (US);
Michael C. Pak, Portland, OR (US);
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are provided for scanning a mobile wireless device for malware. Initially, a service agent is initiated utilizing a mobile wireless device. Next, information describing the mobile wireless device is transmitted to a back-end server over a wireless network utilizing the service agent of the mobile wireless device. An update is then received from the back-end server over the wireless network utilizing the service agent of the mobile wireless device. Subsequently, an anti-malware scanner installed on the mobile wireless device is updated so that the mobile wireless device may be scanned utilizing the updated anti-malware scanner.