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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
Applicant:
James Yun, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Inventor:
James Yun, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for detecting a process to establish a backdoor connection with the computer is described. An application programming interface (API) is hooked. Calls to the hooked API are monitored. A call directed to the hooked API is intercepted. The call instructs the API to initiate a user interface. Structures included in the intercepted call are analyzed. The intercepted call is prevented from arriving at the hooked API if the structures are directed to a socket on the computer.