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7543334 Update status alerting for a malware scanner  
Update status field information ( 34 ) is associated with a computer file ( 32 ) indicating the update status of a scanner ( 30, 40, 42, 44 ) that has previously scanned that computer file. A...
7540028 Dynamic network security apparatus and methods or network processors  
Methods and apparatus for loading a security algorithm in a fast path of a network processor are disclosed. In an example method, a network processor generates a statistic associated with a...
7540027 Method/system to speed up antivirus scans using a journal file system  
A method and system that reduces the length of time required to complete antivirus scans. An enhanced journal file system (JFS) includes an antivirus utility function, which utilizes a low level...
7540030 Method and system for automatic cure against malware  
The present invention is intended as a method, system and computer program product for identification of malware components based on automatically collected statistical data and providing effective...
7536723 Automated method and system for monitoring local area computer networks for unauthorized wireless access  
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless activity in a geographic area containing LAN connection ports is monitored using one or more sensor devices, called sniffers. By...
7533413 Method and system for processing events  
An event, such as a security-related event, is received from a first security engine or another source. A second security engine is identified that is configured to utilize information contained in...
7533415 Method and apparatus for controlling traffic in a computer network  
In one embodiment, a technique for controlling traffic in a computer network includes modifying a packet generated by a first computer. The packet may be intended for a second computer, but is...
7533272 System and method for certifying that data received over a computer network has been checked for viruses  
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for certifying that data transferred from a first computer to a recipient computer is free from viruses identified by an anti-virus...
7533407 System and methods for providing network quarantine  
A client quarantine agent requests bill of health from a quarantine server, and receives a manifest of checks that the client computer must perform. The quarantine agent then sends a status report...
7530106 System and method for security rating of computer processes  
A system, method, and computer program product for secure rating of processes in an executable file for malware presence comprising: (a) detecting an attempt to execute a file on a computer; (b)...
7529919 Boot blocks for software  
In accordance with one aspect of boot blocks for software, in a computer system that has a central processing unit and a software identity register, an atomic operation is executed to set an...
7526804 Hardware assist for pattern matches  
An application contacts the Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) with a request for a job, along with the name or identifier of a data stream to pattern match against, the name or...
7526810 Method and system to verify data received, at a server system, for access and/or publication via the server system  
A method and system to verify active content included within a markup language document store multiple instances of publication information (e.g., an e-commerce listing or e-mail message) in a...
7526809 System and method for computer protection against malicious electronic mails by analyzing, profiling and trapping the same  
A system and method in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention advantageously provide trapping of suspected electronic mails in dedicated mail address accounts under predetermined...
7523487 Decentralized virus scanning for stored data  
The invention provides a method and system for performing specialized services for files at a server, such as scanning files for viruses. A filer or other server is connected to one or more...
7523502 Distributed anti-malware  
A technique for protecting a computer system against malware involves distributing anti-malware data across multiple computing resources. When a local machine detects a malware instance, the local...
7523493 Virus monitor and methods of use thereof  
A network level virus monitoring system capable of monitoring a flow of network traffic in any of a number of inspection modes depending upon the particular needs of a system administrator. The...
7523501 Adaptive computer worm filter and methods of use thereof  
A system identifies computer worms associated with published, or otherwise, known security holes. The system uses a worm pattern developed to identify those data packets most likely to be a...
7523500 Filtered antivirus scanning  
An antivirus client module ( 114 ) includes a virus definitions module ( 312 ) holding information describing characteristics of files that can potentially be infected by viruses and information...
7519998 Detection of malicious computer executables  
A method of detecting malicious binary executable files is accomplished by inputting a binary executable file; converting the binary executable file to byte hexadecimal text strings; calculating...
7519987 Method, system, and apparatus to allow for credential vault usage in templated portal applications  
One example creates an application specific credential vault manager for templated applications. This credential vault manager would be associated with the portlets requiring the use of the...
7516489 Anti-virus protection at a network gateway  
A method of preventing the infection of a computer network 1 by a computer virus, where that virus can be spread by e-mail traffic. The method comprises installing at an e-mail gateway 7 of the...
7512808 Anti-computer viral agent suitable for innoculation of computing devices  
In a distributed network having a number of server computers and associated client devices, a method of creating an anti-computer virus agent is described. The method includes parsing a selected...
7509679 Method, system and computer program product for security in a global computer network transaction  
From a first information handling system (“IHS”) to a second IHS, in response to a request for initiating an online transaction, a program is downloaded for detecting malicious code on the...
7509675 Non-invasive monitoring of the effectiveness of electronic security services  
Systems for the non-invasive monitoring of the effectiveness of a customer's electronic security services include a test generation engine for generating and launching a denatured attack towards a...
7509680 Detecting computer worms as they arrive at local computers through open network shares  
A worm detection manager detects computer worms when they arrive at target computers via open network shares. The worm detection manager monitors incoming file system traffic, and determines the...
7509677 Pattern discovery in a network security system  
Patterns can be discovered in security events collected by a network security system. In one embodiment, the present invention includes collecting and storing security events from a variety of...
7509676 System and method for restricting access to an enterprise network  
One aspect of the invention is a method for restricting access to an enterprise network that includes determining whether a computer that may be connected to an enterprise network on a temporary...
7506374 Memory scanning system and method  
A method and system for detecting and removing malicious code from a computer system. The method determines an operating system of the computer system, scans the computer system for malicious code...
7506360 Tracking communication for determining device states  
A system and method for tracking communication for determining device states. Communication between devices is observed and a respective state of at least one device is inferred. The inference is...
7502939 Software virus detection methods and apparatus  
Software virus detection methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture are shown. In the preferred embodiments, these comprise review of proscribed code by an evaluative interpreter, which...
7500265 Apparatus and method to identify SPAM emails  
A method and apparatus to identity SPAM emails is disclosed. The method sets a misspelling rejection ratio. Upon receipt of an email comprising (X) words, the method determines the number (Y) of...
7496963 Method of, and system for, heuristically detecting viruses in executable code  
A method of, and system for, virus detection has a database of known patterns of start-up code for executable images created using a collection of known compilers and uses examination of the...
7496961 Methods and apparatus to provide network traffic support and physical security support  
Methods and apparatus to provide network traffic support and physical security support are described herein. In an example method, a virtual machine monitor (VMM) in a processor system is...
7493658 System for and method of detecting malware in macros and executable scripts  
An anti malware scanner for files is provided with means for processing script and macro files and flagging them as suspect or not based upon an automated analysis of source code in the file. This...
7493654 Virtualized protective communications system  
A computer system having at least one CPU has as its only interface with the Internet and other external sources a virtual machine that contains a browser and/or other communications programs, so...
7493483 Method to prevent vulnerability to virus and worm attacks through instruction remapping  
A method for processing instructions by a processing unit. An instruction set is dynamically set for the processing unit using a selected instruction map. The selected instruction map is selected...
7490352 Systems and methods for verifying trust of executable files  
Systems and methods for validating integrity of an executable file are described. In one aspect, the systems and methods determine that an executable file is being introduced into a path of...
7490355 Method of detecting network worms  
A method of detecting network worms include the following steps: (1) Profiling the TCP connection information collected from the protected network, quantifying the plurality of statuses contained...
7490354 Virus detection in a network  
A method that in an embodiment counts the number of times that a file or registry entry is added, changed, or deleted at clients in a network. If the count exceeds a threshold, then a warning is...
7490244 Blocking e-mail propagation of suspected malicious computer code  
Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for preventing the spread of malicious computer code. An embodiment of the inventive method comprises the steps of: identifying ( 110 ) a computer...
7487543 Method and apparatus for the automatic determination of potentially worm-like behavior of a program  
A method and system for the automatic determination of the behavioral profile of a program suspected of having worm-like characteristics includes analyzing data processing system resources required...
7487544 System and methods for detection of new malicious executables  
A system and methods for detecting malicious executable attachments at an email processing application of a computer system using data mining techniques. The email processing application may be...
7487546 Hosts file protection system and method  
Modification of the hosts file is detected, implementation of the modified hosts file is stalled, the modification to the hosts file is analyzed to determine if the modification is malicious, and...
7484244 Apparatus, method, and system for virus detection  
An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus, a method, and a system for virus detection which can find even an unknown virus easily with no OS dependency. To achieve the foregoing...
7484105 Flash update using a trusted platform module  
An update utility requests a signature verification of the utility's signature along with a request to unlock the flash memory stored in the utility. A trusted platform module (“TPM”) performs...
7483993 Temporal access control for computer virus prevention  
An access control system ( 200 ) enables a computer network ( 1 ) to prevent execution of computer code that may contain computer viruses. An access control console ( 201 ) generates an access...
7480683 System and method for heuristic analysis to identify pestware  
Systems for preventing pestware activity are described. One embodiment a heuristic engine configured to identify repeat pestware activity and configured to block the repeat pestware activity; an...
7480941 System, method and computer program product for performing one or more maintenance tasks on a remotely located computer connected to a server computer via a data network  
A method and computer executable program code are disclosed for performing one or more maintenance tasks on a remotely located computer connected to a server computer via a data network.
7478431 Heuristic detection of computer viruses  
Computer-implemented methods, apparati, and computer-readable media for detecting the presence of viral infections in target files ( 10 ) located within a computer. The invention has broad...
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