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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2010
Robert Conrad, Culver City, CA (US);
David Kane, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Robert Conrad, Culver City, CA (US);
David Kane, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for using file paths to identify potentially malicious computer files may include: 1) identifying a file, 2) identifying a file path associated with the file, 3) determining, by applying a heuristic to the file, that at least a portion of the file path is likely to have been randomly generated, 4) determining, based at least in part on the determination that at least portion of the file path has likely been randomly generated, that the file is potentially malicious, and 5) performing a security operation on the file. Corresponding systems and computer-readable instructions embodied on computer-readable media are also disclosed.