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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2008
Carey S. Nachenberg, Northridge, CA (US);
Rowan Trollope, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Carey S. Nachenberg, Northridge, CA (US);
Rowan Trollope, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A user-assisted security software program alerts a user when a new pop-up is displayed from a suspicious source application. If the source application may be suspicious if it has a low reputation. Displayed in connection with the pop-up, the alert prompts the user to indicate whether the source application that generated the pop-up should be trusted. If the user indicates that the source application is not trusted, the security software declares the source application to be malicious. The malicious code can then be dealt with, such as by removing it from the computing system, blocking it from generating new pop-ups, and preventing further network communications. The user's feedback about the source application may also be used to adjust the application's reputation.