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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:
Jun. 05, 2012

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2007
Applicants:

Rolf Repasi, Sunrise Beach, AU;

Simon Clausen, New South Wales, AU;

Ian Oliver, New South Wales, AU;

Ryan Pereira, New South Wales, AU;

Inventors:

Rolf Repasi, Sunrise Beach, AU;

Simon Clausen, New South Wales, AU;

Ian Oliver, New South Wales, AU;

Ryan Pereira, New South Wales, AU;

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountian View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method, system, computer program product and/or computer readable medium of instructions to detect malicious activity. The method comprises intercepting an activity in a processing system, wherein a requesting entity requests the activity to be performed in relation to a target entity; determining, using a filter module if the activity is suspicious or non-suspicious; and in response to determining that the activity is suspicious, analysing at least one of the activity, the requesting entity and the target entity using an analysis module to detect malicious activity. There is also disclosed a method, system, computer program product and/or computer readable medium of instructions to facilitate the detection of malicious activity.


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