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Backwards researching activity indicative of pestware

  • US 20070250817A1
  • Filed: 04/20/2006
  • Published: 10/25/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for identifying an origin of activity on a computer that is indicative of pestware comprising:

  • monitoring the computer for activity that is indicative of pestware;

    identifying, based upon the activity, an object residing on the computer that is a suspected pestware object; and

    accessing at least a portion of a recorded history of sources that the computer received files from so as to identify a reference to an identity of a particular source that the suspected pestware object originated from.

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