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SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETECT MALICIOUS MEDIA FILES

  • US 20110321160A1
  • Filed: 06/24/2010
  • Published: 12/29/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a network connection;

    a memory including instructions stored thereon; and

    a programmable processor communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the programmable processor, cause the programmable processor to;

    receive a data stream from the network connection;

    detect, within the data stream, at least a portion of a media file;

    determine a file type of the media file from the detected portion of the media file;

    extract the media file from the data stream received from the network connection;

    parse the media file to locate a suspicious tag, wherein the suspicious tag is part of a set of tags and wherein the set of tags vary as a function of file type;

    extract an embedded uniform resource locator (URL) from the suspicious tag;

    determine whether the embedded URL is malicious; and

    block the media file if the embedded URL is malicious.

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