Patent №
US 8,201,243
Granted
2012-06-12
Filed 2006
Owner
WEBROOT SOFTWARE, INC.
Lab
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AI components
3
nlp · planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11408146
A system and method for researching an identity of a source of activity that is indicative of pestware is described. In one embodiment the method comprises 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.
AI classification
Ownership
WEBROOT SOFTWARE, INC.
assignment · 179770663
Assignors
BONEY, MATTHEW L.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.