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OBTAINING NETWORK ORIGINS OF POTENTIAL SOFTWARE THREATS

  • US 20080034434A1
  • Filed: 07/30/2007
  • Published: 02/07/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of obtaining the network origin of a downloaded entity of interest, the method including the steps of, in a processing system:

  • recording the network locations of at least some files downloaded to the processing system;

    recording the physical locations of the at least some files stored in one or more storage devices of the processing system;

    identifying an entity of interest in the processing system;

    searching the recorded network locations and the recorded physical locations for the network location and the physical location of the entity of interest; and

    , if the network location and the physical location of the entity of interest is identified, transmitting the network location and the physical location of the entity of interest to a remote processing system.

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