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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Mitch Green, Boulder, CO (US);
Luis Polanco, San Jose, CA (US);
James Lewin Mcgregor, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Oliver Goldman, Redwood City, CA (US);
Mitch Green, Boulder, CO (US);
Luis Polanco, San Jose, CA (US);
James Lewin McGregor, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Oliver Goldman, Redwood City, CA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a system that includes a network-based information server system; and a computer operable to interact with a user interface device and operable to perform operations including: receiving from the network-based information server system status information corresponding to software applications, the status information including black-list information and phoenix-list information; updating a local cache, retained by the computer, with the status information received from the network-based information server system; generating an identifier for a software application, using a digital certificate and a hash value, when the software application is launched on the computer; checking the identifier for the software application against the status information; and notifying a user of the computer when a match is found during the checking.