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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING MALICIOUS-DOWNLOAD RISK BASED ON USER BEHAVIOR

  • US 20160366167A1
  • Filed: 06/15/2015
  • Published: 12/15/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for determining malicious-download risk based on user behavior, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:

  • identifying a set of users that are at high risk for malicious downloads and a set of users that are at low risk for malicious downloads;

    determining a high-risk pattern of download behavior that is shared by the set of high-risk users and that is not shared by the set of low-risk users;

    analyzing download behavior of an uncategorized user over a predefined time period in order to categorize the download behavior as high-risk or low-risk;

    categorizing the uncategorized user as a high-risk user in response to determining that the download behavior of the uncategorized user falls within a predefined similarity threshold of the high-risk pattern of download behavior.

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