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Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2009
Applicants:

Kent Griffin, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Tzi-cker Chiueh, Setauket, NY (US);

Scott Schneider, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kent Griffin, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Tzi-cker Chiueh, Setauket, NY (US);

Scott Schneider, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for facilitating automatic malware signature generation may comprise providing a byte sequence marked for possible inclusion within one or more malware signatures, determining a context diversity of the byte sequence within malware files each containing the byte sequence in accordance with a diversity-based heuristic, and preventing the byte sequence from being included within the one or more malware signatures in accordance with the determined context diversity. Corresponding systems and computer-readable storage media are also disclosed.


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