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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2008
Applicants:
William E. Sobel, Jamul, CA (US);
Brian Hernacki, San Carlos, CA (US);
Mark Kennedy, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
William E. Sobel, Jamul, CA (US);
Brian Hernacki, San Carlos, CA (US);
Mark Kennedy, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/50 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/50 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
Abstract
A possibly pre-infected system is inspected for the existence of tracked application-specific accounts. In a tracked application-specific account is found, the system is further audited to verify that only authorized processes are using the account and that the authorized account creation application is installed on the host computer system.