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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Haik Mesropian, Glendale, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for securing computing devices against imposter processes may include (1) identifying a process that is subject to a security assessment, (2) determining, based on comparing an attribute of the process to an attribute of a legitimate process, that the process comprises an imposter process of the legitimate process, (3) determining that a file may have been created by the imposter process, and (4) determining a security action for the file in response to determining that the file has been created by the imposter process. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.