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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2014
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for detecting display-controlling malware may include (1) identifying a software program that is controlling a display of the computing device, (2) detecting one or more measures taken by the software program to prevent loss of control of the computing device display, (3) performing an analysis of the software program that may include determining, based on the measure taken by the software program to prevent loss of control of the computing device display, that the software program is suspicious and possibly includes display-controlling malware, and (4) performing a security action in response to determining that the software program is suspicious and possibly includes display-controlling malware. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.