Inventor
SZOR PETER
US46 patents
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SYMANTEC CORP
41 patentsUS7568233B1Jul 28, 2009
Detecting malicious software through process dump scanning
SYMANTEC CORP308 citations99
US7418729B2Aug 26, 2008
Heuristic detection of malicious computer code by page tracking
SYMANTEC CORP332 citations99
US7392543B2Jun 24, 2008
Signature extraction system and method
SYMANTEC CORP173 citations99
US7665123B1Feb 16, 2010
Method and apparatus for detecting hidden rootkits
SYMANTEC CORP81 citations98
US7340777B1Mar 4, 2008
In memory heuristic system and method for detecting viruses
SYMANTEC CORP109 citations98
US7634808B1Dec 15, 2009
Method and apparatus to block fast-spreading computer worms that use DNS MX record queries
SYMANTEC CORP73 citations96
US7409717B1Aug 5, 2008
Metamorphic computer virus detection
SYMANTEC CORP45 citations96
US7590813B1Sep 15, 2009
Cache scanning system and method
SYMANTEC CORP24 citations93
US7549169B1Jun 16, 2009
Alternated update system and method
SYMANTEC CORP26 citations93
US7523502B1Apr 21, 2009
Distributed anti-malware
SYMANTEC CORP38 citations93
US7487546B1Feb 3, 2009
Hosts file protection system and method
SYMANTEC CORP33 citations93
US7437759B1Oct 14, 2008
Kernel mode overflow attack prevention system and method
SYMANTEC CORP49 citations93
US7380277B2May 27, 2008
Preventing e-mail propagation of malicious computer code
SYMANTEC CORP30 citations93
US7367056B1Apr 29, 2008
Countering malicious code infections to computer files that have been infected more than once
SYMANTEC CORP20 citations93
US7360249B1Apr 15, 2008
Refining behavioral detections for early blocking of malicious code
SYMANTEC CORP32 citations93
US7337471B2Feb 26, 2008
Selective detection of malicious computer code
SYMANTEC CORP16 citations93
US7334263B2Feb 19, 2008
Detecting viruses using register state
SYMANTEC CORP26 citations93
US7328456B1Feb 5, 2008
Method and system to detect dangerous file name extensions
SYMANTEC CORP33 citations93
US7325251B1Jan 29, 2008
Method and system to prevent peer-to-peer (P2P) worms
SYMANTEC CORP31 citations93
US7325185B1Jan 29, 2008
Host-based detection and prevention of malicious code propagation
SYMANTEC CORP34 citations93
US7287281B1Oct 23, 2007
Send blocking system and method
SYMANTEC CORP35 citations93
US7287283B1Oct 23, 2007
Return-to-LIBC attack blocking system and method
SYMANTEC CORP46 citations93
US7284273B1Oct 16, 2007
Fuzzy scanning system and method
SYMANTEC CORP26 citations93
US7281271B1Oct 9, 2007
Exception handling validation system and method
SYMANTEC CORP29 citations93
US7216367B2May 8, 2007
Safe memory scanning
SYMANTEC CORP47 citations93
US7155742B1Dec 26, 2006
Countering infections to communications modules
SYMANTEC CORP46 citations93
US7665139B1Feb 16, 2010
Method and apparatus to detect and prevent malicious changes to tokens
SYMANTEC CORP45 citations92
US7617534B1Nov 10, 2009
Detection of SYSENTER/SYSCALL hijacking
SYMANTEC CORP44 citations92
US7523500B1Apr 21, 2009
Filtered antivirus scanning
SYMANTEC CORP51 citations92
US7665136B1Feb 16, 2010
Method and apparatus for detecting hidden network communication channels of rootkit tools
SYMANTEC CORP16 citations84
US7607173B1Oct 20, 2009
Method and apparatus for preventing rootkit installation
SYMANTEC CORP19 citations84
US7540026B1May 26, 2009
No-execute processor feature global disabling prevention system and method
SYMANTEC CORP11 citations84
US7516150B1Apr 7, 2009
Update protection system and method
SYMANTEC CORP10 citations84
US7334262B2Feb 19, 2008
Proactive prevention of polymorphic SMTP worms
SYMANTEC CORP18 citations84
US7293290B2Nov 6, 2007
Dynamic detection of computer worms
SYMANTEC CORP13 citations84
US7284276B2Oct 16, 2007
Return-to-LIBC attack detection using branch trace records system and method
SYMANTEC CORP13 citations84
US7228563B2Jun 5, 2007
Shell code blocking system and method
SYMANTEC CORP17 citations84
US7937764B2May 3, 2011
Metamorphic computer virus detection
SYMANTEC CORP3 citations63
US7818802B2Oct 19, 2010
Refining behavioral detections for early blocking of malicious code
SYMANTEC CORP5 citations63
US7458099B1Nov 25, 2008
Selective detection of malicious computer code
SYMANTEC CORP4 citations63
US7779473B1Aug 17, 2010
Dynamic detection of computer worms
SYMANTEC CORP0 citations52