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Method for detecting malware within network content

  • US 10,282,548 B1
  • Filed: 12/12/2016
  • Issued: 05/07/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for detecting malicious content within a data storage device, the method comprising:

  • quarantining data associated with a first digital device by at least (i) redirecting at least a portion of the data that is transmitted from the first digital device to a controller remotely located from the second digital device for analysis;

    receiving, by the controller, the redirected data from the first digital device;

    analyzing the redirected data in accordance with a first analysis to determine whether the first digital device is associated with a malicious attack, the first analysis being selected from a plurality of analyses, including the first analysis and a second analysis having a different depth of analysis than the first analysis, based on an estimated amount of time needed for an analysis of the redirected data without exceeding a predetermined time allotted for the analysis; and

    providing a warning signal based on a determination that the first digital device is associated with a malicious attack.

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