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7596808 Zero hop algorithm for network threat identification and mitigation  
A method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium to enable a set of security device interfaces within a broadcast domain to identify and mitigate attacks. For each address of a device...
7596811 Methods and systems for network traffic security  
The present invention is directed to methods of and systems for adaptive networking that monitors a network resource of a network. The method monitors an application performance. The method...
7594266 Data security and intrusion detection  
Systems and methods are provided for the detection and prevention of intrusions in data at rest systems such as file systems and web servers. Item requests are examined to determine if the request...
7594263 Operating a communication network through use of blocking measures for responding to communication traffic anomalies  
A communication network is operated by detecting an anomaly in the communication traffic at a plurality of nodes in a communication network. A first blocking measure A is independently applied at...
7594272 Detecting malicious software through file group behavior  
A malicious software detection module (MSDM) detects worms and other malicious software. The MSDM executes on a computer system connected to a network. The MSDM monitors a storage device of the...
7594224 Distributed enterprise security system  
A system and method for distributed enterprise security, comprising, a server operable to update information, wherein the information can include one or more of a policy and configuration...
7594271 Method and system for real-time tamper evidence gathering for software  
A method and system are directed to differentiating between normal characteristics and abnormal characteristics within a software process, such that tampering of the software process may be...
7590707 Method and system for identifying network addresses associated with suspect network destinations  
A method and system for identifying network addresses associated with suspect network destinations is described. One embodiment receives a target Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to be analyzed;...
7591018 Portable antivirus device with solid state memory  
In one embodiment, a rescue device is employed to disinfect a computer infected with a virus. The rescue device may comprise solid state memory. The rescue device may be removable from the computer...
7591016 System and method for scanning memory for pestware offset signatures  
Systems and methods for managing pestware processes on a protected computer are described. In one implementation, a reference point in the executable memory that is associated with a process...
7590813 Cache scanning system and method  
A method includes stalling a cache flush instruction to flush a cache; determining that the cache comprises a file that has been infected with malicious code, and terminating the cache flush...
7591017 Apparatus, and method for implementing remote client integrity verification  
Apparatus, system, method and computer program product for verifying the integrity of remote network devices that request access to network services and resources. Unintended computer programs such...
7590834 Method and apparatus for tracking boot history  
A computer determines whether it has been booted from a hard disk drive or from an alternate source (e.g., a floppy drive or portable memory) that entails a higher risk of importing a virus into...
7591019 Method and system for optimization of anti-virus scan  
A system and method for optimizing a process of synchronization of a database of files checked by an anti-virus (AV) application implemented as a special AV driver. The database is updated by a...
7587765 Automatic virus fix  
A client computer is connected via a network to an anti-virus server. A signal from the anti-virus server notifies the client computer that an anti-virus needs to be immediately downloaded from the...
7587761 Adaptive defense against various network attacks  
An apparatus for optimizing a filter based on detected attacks on a data network includes an estimation means and an optimization means. The estimation means operates when a detector detects an...
7581250 System, computer program product and method of selecting sectors of a hard disk on which to perform a virus scan  
A system, computer program product and method of selecting sectors of a disk on which to perform a virus scan are provided. Initially, all data in all sectors of a disk is scanned for viruses....
7581253 Secure storage tracking for anti-virus speed-up  
A computer system includes a security subsystem which is able to trustfully track which files or storage areas of a storage device have been altered since a last virus scan. The trusted information...
7581254 Virus scanner system and method with integrated spyware detection capabilities  
A system, method and computer program product are provided for scanning for spyware utilizing a virus scanner. In use, at least one computer is scanned for viruses utilizing a virus scanner. Still...
7581252 Storage conversion for anti-virus speed-up  
A computer system includes a security subsystem which is able to trustfully track which files or storage areas of a storage device have been altered since a last virus scan. The trusted information...
7577941 System and method for identifying potential security risks in controls  
Controls of interest are indentified by determining which installed software objects associated with the application of interest exhibit certain characteristics, such as being publicly creatable,...
7577848 Systems and methods for validating executable file integrity using partial image hashes  
Systems and methods for validating integrity of an executable file are described. In one aspect, multiple partial image hashes are generated, the combination of which represent a digest of an...
7574742 System and method of string matching for uniform data classification  
A system and method comprising providing a plurality of signature strings, inputting a plurality of strings, separating the signature strings into a plurality of signature groups, respectively...
7574743 Method for ensuring security, data storage apparatus, security ensuring server, and storage medium storing program for the same  
A method for ensuring security and a data storage apparatus that enable an efficient security check on a notebook PC or like that are taken outside are provided. By executing a program that is read...
7571481 Computer peripheral apparatus and method of controlling the same  
A computer peripheral apparatus of this invention has a check step of checking whether received data is infected with a computer virus. If the received data satisfies a predetermined condition, the...
7571482 Automated rootkit detector  
Embodiments of a RootKit detector are directed to identifying a RootKit on a computer that is designed to conceal malware. Aspects of the RootKit detector leverage services provided by kernel...
7571477 Real-time network attack pattern detection system for unknown network attack and method thereof  
In a real-time network attack pattern detection system and method, a common pattern is detected in real time from packets, which are suspected to be a network attack such as Worm, to effectively...
7571319 Validating inbound messages  
A system and method for verifying messages. The method may include the steps of receiving an inbound message and characterizing the inbound message by analyzing a latent cryptographic identifier in...
7571483 System and method for reducing the vulnerability of a computer network to virus threats  
A method for reducing vulnerability of a computer network to a detected virus threat includes receiving an identifier of a network device detected as a source of virus activity. The method also...
7568231 Integrated firewall/virus scanner system, method, and computer program product  
A security system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, a request from a remote computer to write to a file on a local computer is identified. It is then determined whether the...
7568230 System for selective disablement and locking out of computer system objects  
A method for disabling a process in a computer, particularly including processes such as viruses, spyware, adware, and malware generally. A file object (file or folder) is identified in the...
7568233 Detecting malicious software through process dump scanning  
An executable file containing malicious software can be packed using a packer to make the software difficult to detect. The executable file is loaded into the computer's memory and executed as a...
7565549 System and method for the managed security control of processes on a computer system  
Managing and controlling the execution of software programs with a computing device to protect the computing device from malicious activities. A protector system implements a two-step process to...
7565523 Apparatus and method for restoring master boot record infected with virus  
An apparatus for and a method of restoring a master boot record infected with a virus. The apparatus comprises a first storage unit storing a master boot record (MBR), and a virus check unit...
7565695 System and method for directly accessing data from a data storage medium  
Systems and methods for scanning files for pestware on a protected computer are described. In one variation, locations of each of a plurality of files in a file storage device of the protected...
7565694 Method and apparatus for preventing network reset attacks  
A method for improving resistance of network protocols running on transmission control protocol (TCP), such as BGP. For example, a method comprises receiving, from a TCP application, a request to...
7565686 Preventing unauthorized loading of late binding code into a process  
A late binding code manager prevents the unauthorized loading of late binding code into a process. The late binding code manager detects an attempt to load late binding code into a process's...
7565692 Floating intrusion detection platforms  
The present invention is a “floating” intrusion detection system that can use any computer on the network as an intrusion detection platform. A software agent program called a “socket” is...
7562122 Message classification using allowed items  
A system and method are disclosed for classifying a message. The method includes receiving the message, identifying all items of a certain type in the message, determining whether each of the items...
7562214 Data processing systems  
Detection of an attack on a data processing system. An example method comprising, in the data processing system: providing an initial secret; binding the initial secret to data indicative of an...
7562388 Method and system for implementing security devices in a network  
Supporting the implementation and collaboration of a variety of security modules in a distributed computing network. A security interface provides a universal platform for coupling security modules...
7562293 Method and apparatus for processing a parseable document  
A data processing method comprises receiving an electronically parseable document, scanning the document according to at least one predefined rule to determine if the document is suspicious, and,...
7559086 System and method for detecting multi-component malware  
Malicious behavior of a computer program is detected using an emulation engine, an event detector and an event analyzer. The emulation engine includes a system emulator configured to emulate, in an...
7552479 Detecting shellcode that modifies IAT entries  
On start up of a process, a critical imported functions table including resolved addresses of critical imported functions that an application, such as a host intrusion detection system application...
7549169 Alternated update system and method  
A method includes generating new update name lists and providing malicious code protection update information including the new update name lists to host computer systems. In one embodiment, the...
7548544 Method of determining network addresses of senders of electronic mail messages  
In one embodiment, a method comprises computer-implemented steps of receiving a plurality of electronic mail messages containing sender address information that is non-trusted. For each electronic...
7549055 Pre-boot firmware based virus scanner  
The present disclosure relates to allowing the utilization of a virus scanner and cleaner that operates primarily in the pre-boot phase of computer operation and, more particularly, to allowing the...
7549166 Defense mechanism for server farm  
A method and system for handling a malicious intrusion to a machine in a networked group of computers. The malicious intrusion is an unauthorized access to the machine, such as a server in a server...
7546471 Method and system for virus detection using pattern matching techniques  
A method and system for providing virus detection. A virus detection system provides for the use of pattern matching techniques on data at a binary level for virus detection. Whenever an incoming...
7546638 Automated identification and clean-up of malicious computer code  
Malicious computer code ( 101 ) is automatically cleaned-up from a target computer ( 103 ). An operating system ( 109 ) automatically boots ( 201 ) in the computer memory ( 105 ) of the target...