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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2014
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jimmy Chen, Sacramento, CA (US);
Charles Trinh, Anaheim, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for detecting private browsing mode may include (1) determining that a browser application is operating as a foreground application on the computing device, (2) detecting computing activity occurring on the computing device while the browser is operating in the foreground, (3) determining that no new entry has been made in the browser's history, (4) in response to determining that no new entry has been made in the browser's history, incrementing a certainty level score that identifies a level of certainty that the browser is executing in private browsing mode, (5) determining that the certainty level score has exceeded a certainty threshold, indicating that the browser is likely to be executing in private browsing mode, and (6) performing a security action in response to determining that the browser is likely to be executing in private browsing mode. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.