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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2008
Applicants:

Mark Obrecht, Austin, TX (US);

Shane Pereira, Newbury Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mark Obrecht, Austin, TX (US);

Shane Pereira, Newbury Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for classifying a process that modifies a registry attribute is described. At least one attribute associated with a registry is monitored. A determination is made that the at least one attribute has been modified. The process that modified the at least one attribute is identified. One or more characteristics of the identified process is evaluated. The identified process is classified based on the evaluation of the one or more characteristics of the identified process.


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