Patent ID: 9607149
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L,Y10S

Claim:
1. A method for updating a system which controls access to spyware programs and enforcing policies enumerating rules that govern access to the spyware programs on a computer, the method comprising: receiving, at the system and in response to a user requesting access to a spyware program, an identifier from a first computer of the system, the identifier being associated with the spyware program on the first computer; associating, using an application server module of the system, one or more categories with the identifier based, at least in part, on a frequency of requested execution of the spyware program if the category was not previously associated with the identifier in a database of categorized programs of the system, the category indicating a type of application of the spyware program; determining whether the spyware program is associated with any other categories other than the associated one or more categories; retrieving one or more policies to be applied to programs associated with the associated one or more categories and the other categories to which the spyware program is determined to be associated; determining whether a user of the first computer that requested access to the spyware program is associated with privileges that violate the retrieved one or more policies; and denying access to the spyware program in response to determining the user includes insufficient privileges to access based on the retrieved one or more policies.