Patent ID: 8826034
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for selectively revoking heuristic exemptions for digital content with digital signatures, the method comprising the steps of: exempting, by default, digital content received at a computing device with a valid digital signature from heuristic detection, the valid digital signature being issued by a signature authority and comprising at least one attribute that represents information including a company from which the content originates, a product name, a product serial number, or identifying information concerning the signature authority concerning the digital content; examining content of at least one digital signature associated with digital content to determine whether the content of the at least one digital signature contains at least one specified attribute, the at least one specified attribute comprising predetermined content in the at least one digital signature that is known as suspicious; and responsive to determining that an examined digital signature contains at least one specified attribute comprising predetermined content in the at least one digital signature that is known as suspicious, subjecting digital content associated with the examined digital signature to heuristic detection.