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Proactively protecting computers in a networking environment from malware

  • US 20060259967A1
  • Filed: 05/13/2005
  • Published: 11/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a computer networking environment that includes a plurality of event detection systems and an event evaluation computer communicatively connected to the event detection systems, a method of proactively protecting computers and resources in the networking environment from malware, the method comprising:

  • (a) using the event detection systems to observe suspicious events that are potentially indicative of malware;

    (b) determining whether the suspicious events observed satisfy a threshold indicative of malware; and

    (c) if the suspicious events observed satisfy the threshold indicative of malware, implementing a restrictive security policy on the networking environment.

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