MANAGEMENT OF SPYWARE AND UNWANTED SOFTWARE THROUGH AUTO-START EXTENSIBILITY POINT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a monitoring service that detects spyware or other unwanted software when it is installed and/or allows for the spyware's removal. SOLUTION: The service monitors "Auto-Start Extensibility Points" ("ASEPs") to detect spyware installations. ASE...

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Hauptverfasser:	VERBOWSKI CHAD E, JOHNSON AARON R, ROUSSEV ROUSSI A, WANG YI-MIN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRICITY PHYSICS TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a monitoring service that detects spyware or other unwanted software when it is installed and/or allows for the spyware's removal. SOLUTION: The service monitors "Auto-Start Extensibility Points" ("ASEPs") to detect spyware installations. ASEPs refer to the configuration points that can be "hooked" to allow programs to be auto-started without explicit user invocation. Such a service is particularly effective because an overwhelming majority of spyware programs infect systems in such a way that they are automatically started upon reboot and the launch of many commonly used applications. The monitoring service can thus lead to the subsequent complete removal of the spyware installation, and does not require a frequent signature-based cleaning. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI