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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2005
Applicants:

Joel Robert Spurlock, Portland, OR (US);

Craig D. Schmugar, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Fraser Peter Howard, Chipping Norton, GB;

Inventors:

Joel Robert Spurlock, Portland, OR (US);

Craig D. Schmugar, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Fraser Peter Howard, Chipping Norton, GB;

Assignee:

McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system, method and computer program product are provided for detecting unwanted data. A scan for unwanted data is performed to generate results of the scan. A context of the scan is then identified. Further, the presence of unwanted data is conditionally indicated based on both the results of the scan and the context of the scan.


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