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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2003
Kevin T. Rowney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael R. Wolfe, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mythili Gopalakrishnan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vitali A. Fridman, Belmont, CA (US);
Joseph Ansanelli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin T. Rowney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael R. Wolfe, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mythili Gopalakrishnan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vitali A. Fridman, Belmont, CA (US);
Joseph Ansanelli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting pre-selected data stored on a personal computing device is described. In one embodiment, contents of data storage media of a personal computing device are searched for pre-selected sensitive data. In one embodiment, if at least a portion of the pre-selected sensitive data is detected, a notification of the detection of the pre-selected data is sent to a system via a network. In another embodiment, if at least a portion of pre-selected sensitive data is detected, the access to this data is blocked.