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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2007
Rolf Repasi, Sunrise Beach, AU;
Simon Clausen, New South Wales, AU;
Ian Oliver, New South Wales, AU;
Ryan Pereira, New South Wales, AU;
Rolf Repasi, Sunrise Beach, AU;
Simon Clausen, New South Wales, AU;
Ian Oliver, New South Wales, AU;
Ryan Pereira, New South Wales, AU;
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, system, computer program product and/or computer readable medium of instructions for detecting malicious software, comprising intercepting a request to perform an activity in a processing system; determining an entity associated with the activity, wherein the entity comprises at least one of: a requesting entity of the activity; and a target entity of the activity; analysing the entity and the activity to determine if the request is associated with malicious software; and in the event that the request is determined to be associated with malicious software, restricting the request to perform the activity in the processing system.