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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2014
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Alejandro Roundy, El Segundo, CA (US);
Sandeep Bhatkar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Fanglu Guo, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Scott Schneider, Sun Valley, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for protecting data files may include (1) identifying a data file to be protected against data loss, (2) identifying a set of software programs permitted to open the data file by (a) identifying a format of the data file and (b) identifying at least one software program capable of opening files of the format of the data file, (3) detecting an attempt to open the data file by a software program not included in the set of software programs, and (4) performing a security action in response to detecting the attempt to open the data file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.