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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Matthew D. Brinkley, Portland, OR (US);
Ryan Reza Permeh, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew D. Brinkley, Portland, OR (US);
Ryan Reza Permeh, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for preventing malware attacks may include rewriting instructions that are intercepted from an application launched on an electronic device. The instructions are determined to have attempted to access a sensitive system resource. The rewritten instructions are executed on the electronic device and the results are observed.