Abstract
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“Modern computing ecosystems often include “always on” broadba nd internet connections. These connectionsleave computing devices exposed to th e internet, and the devices may be vulnerable to attack.”In addition to obtaining background information on this patent application, News Rx editors also obtainedthe inventors’ summary information for this patent appl ication: “By way of example, a methodincludes, responsive to a user request to download, from the internet, a downloadable file with executablecontent, downlo ading a portion of the downloadable file, wherein the downloadable file is not e xecutablewith the portion; after download the portion of the downloadable file, scanning the portion of the downloadablefile for malware characteristics to cl assify the downloadable file; and completing downloading thedownloadable file o nly after determining, based on the scanning of the portion of the downloadable file,that the downloadable file is not malware.”
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