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Petrus J. Viljoen, Redondo Beach, CA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20100017877 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING FILE CLASSIFICATIONS - A computer-implemented method for determining file classifications. The method may include determining identification information of a first file stored on a first computing system. The method may also include querying a second computing system for classification information by sending the identification information of the first file to the second computing system. The first computing system may receive, in response to the query, identification information of a second file. The first computing system may also receive the classification information. The classification information may indicate that the first file and second file are trusted. The first computing system may use the identification information of the second file to determine that the second file is stored on the first computing system. The first computing system may also apply the classification information to the first and second files by excluding the first and second files from a security scan. | 01-21-2010 |
Petrus Johannes Viljoen, Redondo Beach, CA US
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| 20090320133 | STREAMING MALWARE DEFINITION UPDATES - A method, system and apparatus for assembling and publishing frequent malware signature definition updates through the use of additive or “streaming” definition packages is provided. Embodiments of the present invention provide such functionality by publishing not only full malware signature definition updates on a long periodicity but also streaming malware signature definition updates containing newly certified signature definitions on a short periodicity. As newly-certified malware signature definitions are received, those newly-certified signature definitions are incorporated not only in the full signature definition file but also in a streaming signature definition update that contains only newly-certified signature definitions received during a streaming update period. At the end of the streaming update period, a streaming signature definition file is made available by publication to anti-malware clients. A streaming signature definition file only contains those signature definitions received during the assembly period for that streaming definition file. Embodiments of the present invention replace a previous streaming signature definition file with a new streaming signature definition file at the time of publication of the new streaming signature definition file. | 12-24-2009 |
Pieter Viljoen, Redondo Beach, CA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20080229159 | FAILSAFE COMPUTER SUPPORT ASSISTANT - A computer running a host operating system in a host virtual machine includes a support operating system running in a support virtual machine. A support module running in the support operating system identifies and remediates defects associated with the host operating system. A monitoring module running in the support operating system identifies a defect associated with the host operating system and notifies the support module responsive to identification of the defect. A user interface is provided for the support module. The user interface can be through a web server or a support button associated with an input device of the computer. The user interface can be supported through input/output virtualization hardware of the computer. A host agent module executing in the host operating system can interact with the support module to remediate a defect associated with the host operating system. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090240745 | ARCHIVE STREAM BASED INSTALL - Files to be installed on a computer system are streamed from an archive as the archive is being extracted directly to one or more final destination locations on the computer system. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100077479 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SOFTWARE TRUSTWORTHINESS - Aspects of the invention relate to a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for determining software trustworthiness. In some examples, a software package identified as including at least one file of unknown trustworthiness is installed on a clean machine. A report package including a catalog of files that have been installed or modified on the clean machine by the software package is generated. Identification attributes for each of the files in the catalog is determined. Each of the files in the catalog is processed to assign a level of trustworthiness thereto. The report package is provided as output. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100083376 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING FALSE POSITIVE DETECTION OF MALWARE - Method and apparatus for detecting malware are described. In some examples, files of unknown trustworthiness are identified as potential threats on the computer. A trustworthiness level for each of the files is received from a backend. The trustworthiness level of each of the files is compared to a threshold level. Each of the files where the trustworthiness level thereof satisfies the threshold level is designated as a false positive threat. Each of the files where the trustworthiness level thereof does not satisfy the threshold level is designated as a true positive threat. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20110035740 | Systems and Methods for Updating a Software Product - A method may include receiving a request to install a second version of a software product over a first version of the software product, installing the second version of the software product in a dormant state while the first version of the software product is running, and swapping the first and second versions of the software product by activating the second version of the software product and deactivating the first version of the software product. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. | 02-10-2011 |
Pieter Viljoen, Marina Del Rey, CA US
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| 20080244078 | WEB SERVICES INTERMEDIARY - A proxy operates as an interface between application programs and web services. Each application uses an assigned ID key pair to interface with the proxy. The proxy itself uses a genuine ID/key pair for calling actual web services. Because only the proxy has the real web service key, that key remains secure and confidential. The proxy can filter the web service input and/or output as desired. | 10-02-2008 |