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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
Shane Pereira, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Mark Kennedy, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Pieter Viljoen, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Shane Pereira, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Mark Kennedy, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Pieter Viljoen, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for detecting malware are described. In some examples, files of unknown trustworthiness are identified as potential threats on the computer. A trustworthiness level for each of the files is received from a backend. The trustworthiness level of each of the files is compared to a threshold level. Each of the files where the trustworthiness level thereof satisfies the threshold level is designated as a false positive threat. Each of the files where the trustworthiness level thereof does not satisfy the threshold level is designated as a true positive threat.