Patent №
US 8,065,664
Granted
2011-11-22
Filed 2006
Owner
WEBROOT SOFTWARE, INC.
Lab
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AI components
2
kr · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11462956
A system and method for defining and detecting pestware is described. One embodiment includes receiving a file and placing at least a portion of the file into a processor-readable memory of a computer. A plurality of execution paths within code of the pestware file are followed and particular instructions within the execution paths are identified. A representation of the relative locations of each of the particular instructions within the code of the file are compared against a pestware-definition file so as to determine whether the file is a potential pestware file.
AI classification
Ownership
WEBROOT SOFTWARE, INC.
assignment · 180650992
Assignors
BURTSCHER, MICHAEL
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.