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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
May. 21, 2009
Spencer Smith, El Segundo, CA (US);
Adam Glick, Culver City, CA (US);
Nicholas Graf, Culver City, CA (US);
Spencer Smith, El Segundo, CA (US);
Adam Glick, Culver City, CA (US);
Nicholas Graf, Culver City, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for locating malware may include identifying a malicious behavior in a computing system. The computer-implemented method may also include determining that the malicious behavior arises from a set of interrelated executable objects. The computer-implemented method may further include identifying an executable object recently added to the set of interrelated executable objects. The computer-implemented method may additionally include attributing the malicious behavior to the recently added executable object based on when the recently added executable object was added to the set of interrelated executable objects. The computer-implemented method may also include performing a security action on the recently added executable object. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.