Patent ID: 8572730

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for revoking digital signatures, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying an executable file signed with a digital signature; determining that the executable file is subject to a revocation check, wherein the revocation check determines whether the digital signature has been revoked; classifying the executable file based on at least one attribute of the executable file; determining, based on the classification of the executable file, that the executable file is a member of a revocation group, wherein a status identifier of the revocation group indicates whether any member of the revocation group has a digital signature revocation; determining that the status identifier of the revocation group indicates that at least one member of the revocation group has a digital signature revocation; performing, based at least in part on determining that the status identifier of the revocation group indicates that at least one member of the revocation group has a digital signature revocation, the revocation check on the executable file.