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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2006
Applicant:
Michael Burtscher, Longmont, CO (US);
Inventor:
Michael Burtscher, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Webroot Software, Inc., Broomfield, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for defining and detecting pestware is described. One embodiment includes receiving a file and placing at least a portion of the file into a processor-readable memory of a computer. A plurality of execution paths within code of the pestware file are followed and particular instructions within the execution paths are identified. A representation of the relative locations of each of the particular instructions within the code of the file are compared against a pestware-definition file so as to determine whether the file is a potential pestware file.