Patent ID: 9349134
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: recording first network patterns generated by simulated user web browsing sessions on a computer system, the computer system comprising adware applications, and the first network traffic patterns being associated with the adware applications; identifying one or more tasks specifying one or more website locations to be visited by the computer system, the one or more tasks being requested by an adware application on the computer system; directing a web browser installed on the computer system to visit the one or more website locations, each website location being provided by a corresponding publisher; determining that the one or more tasks have been completed; recording second network traffic resulting from completing the one or more tasks; comparing the first network traffic patterns with the second network traffic to determine traffic associated with the adware application, and to identify which of the adware applications is associated with the determined traffic; generating, in response to determining the traffic associated with the adware application identified, an alert including information relevant to the determined traffic, the information comprising identities of one or more publishers associated with the one or more website locations; and sending the alert to a user interface.