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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2011
Girish R. Kulkarni, Hukkeri, IN;
Nandi Dharma Kishore, Bangalore, IN;
Pradeep Govindaraju, Bangalore, IN;
Girish R. Kulkarni, Hukkeri, IN;
Nandi Dharma Kishore, Bangalore, IN;
Pradeep Govindaraju, Bangalore, IN;
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for preventing malware attacks includes detecting an attempt on an electronic device to modify a print service registry, determining an entity associated with the attempt to modify the print service registry, determining a malware status of the entity, and, based on the malware status of the entity, allowing or denying the modification to the print service registry. The print service registry is configured to store configuration information about mechanisms to be used when printing from the electronic device.