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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2010
Spencer Dale Smith, El Segundo, CA (US);
Adam Lyle Glice, Culver City, CA (US);
Nicholas Robert Graf, Culver City, CA (US);
Spencer Dale Smith, El Segundo, CA (US);
Adam Lyle Glice, Culver City, CA (US);
Nicholas Robert Graf, Culver City, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting potentially misleading visual representation objects to secure a computer is described. In one embodiment, the method includes monitoring visual representation object creation with respect to the browser, accessing verification information, wherein the verification information comprises commonly used user interface elements for forming legitimate system messages, examining web data associated with the created visual representation objects, wherein the web data is compared with the verification information to identify imitating content within the created visual representation objects and modifying at least one of the created visual representation objects to accentuate the imitating content.