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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2015
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nobuto Hotta, Torrance, CA (US);
Nathan Brogan, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Patrick Coyne, Torrance, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for filtering log files may include (1) identifying, on the endpoint computing device, log files that recorded events performed by processes executing on the endpoint computing device, (2) prior to sending the log files from the endpoint computing device to a security server for analysis, filtering, based on an analysis of the events recorded by the log files, the log files by excluding log files that recorded non-suspicious events, and (3) forwarding the filtered log files from the endpoint computing device to the security server for analysis. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.