Patents by Inventor Gangadharasa Srinivasa

Gangadharasa Srinivasa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9852296
    Abstract: A file stored in a first portion of a computer memory of a computer is determined to be a malicious file. A duplicate of the file is stored in a quarantine area in the computer memory, the quarantine area being in a second portion of the computer memory that is different from the first portion of the computer memory. One or more protection processes are performed on the file. The determination that the file is a malicious file is determined to be a false positive and the file is restored, during a boot sequence, to a state prior to the one or more protection processes being performed on the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Prabhat Kumar Singh, Nitin Jyoti, Gangadharasa Srinivasa
  • Patent number: 9703958
    Abstract: A file stored in a first portion of a computer memory of a computer is determined to be a malicious file. A duplicate of the file is stored in a quarantine area in the computer memory, the quarantine area being in a second portion of the computer memory that is different from the first portion of the computer memory. One or more protection processes are performed on the file. The determination that the file is a malicious file is determined to be a false positive and the file is restored, during a boot sequence, to a state prior to the one or more protection processes being performed on the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Prabhat Kumar Singh, Nitin Jyoti, Gangadharasa Srinivasa
  • Patent number: 9607150
    Abstract: A file stored in a first portion of a computer memory of a computer is determined to be a malicious file. A duplicate of the file is stored in a quarantine area in the computer memory, the quarantine area being in a second portion of the computer memory that is different from the first portion of the computer memory. One or more protection processes are performed on the file. The determination that the file is a malicious file is determined to be a false positive and the file is restored, during a boot sequence, to a state prior to the one or more protection processes being performed on the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Prabhat Kumar Singh, Nitin Jyoti, Gangadharasa Srinivasa
  • Publication number: 20160019392
    Abstract: A file stored in a first portion of a computer memory of a computer is determined to be a malicious file. A duplicate of the file is stored in a quarantine area in the computer memory, the quarantine area being in a second portion of the computer memory that is different from the first portion of the computer memory. One or more protection processes are performed on the file. The determination that the file is a malicious file is determined to be a false positive and the file is restored, during a boot sequence, to a state prior to the one or more protection processes being performed on the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: MCAFEE, INC.
    Inventors: Prabhat Kumar Singh, Nitin Jyoti, Gangadharasa Srinivasa
  • Publication number: 20160021129
    Abstract: A file stored in a first portion of a computer memory of a computer is determined to be a malicious file. A duplicate of the file is stored in a quarantine area in the computer memory, the quarantine area being in a second portion of the computer memory that is different from the first portion of the computer memory. One or more protection processes are performed on the file. The determination that the file is a malicious file is determined to be a false positive and the file is restored, during a boot sequence, to a state prior to the one or more protection processes being performed on the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Prabhat Kumar Singh, Nitin Jyoti, Gangadharasa Srinivasa
  • Publication number: 20150347755
    Abstract: A file stored in a first portion of a computer memory of a computer is determined to be a malicious file. A duplicate of the file is stored in a quarantine area in the computer memory, the quarantine area being in a second portion of the computer memory that is different from the first portion of the computer memory. One or more protection processes are performed on the file. The determination that the file is a malicious file is determined to be a false positive and the file is restored, during a boot sequence, to a state prior to the one or more protection processes being performed on the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: MCAFEE, INC.
    Inventors: Prabhat Kumar Singh, Nitin Jyoti, Gangadharasa Srinivasa
  • Patent number: 9032523
    Abstract: A file stored in a first portion of a computer memory of a computer is determined to be a malicious file. A duplicate of the file is stored in a quarantine area in the computer memory, the quarantine area being in a second portion of the computer memory that is different from the first portion of the computer memory. One or more protection processes are performed on the file. The determination that the file is a malicious file is determined to be a false positive and the file is restored, during a boot sequence, to a state prior to the one or more protection processes being performed on the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Prabhat Kumar Singh, Nitin Jyoti, Gangadharasa Srinivasa
  • Patent number: 8646089
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes receiving a signal to enable a whitelist mode on a host in a network, terminating a process executing on the host if the process is not verified, and blocking execution of software objects on the host if the software objects are not represented on the whitelist. In more particular embodiments, the method also includes identifying the process on a process list that enumerates one or more processes executing on the host. Yet further embodiments include quarantining the host if a second process on the process list is a critical process and if the second process is not verified. More specific embodiments include identifying and restarting another process on the process list if process memory was modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Sridhar Jayanthi, Praneet Khare, Gangadharasa Srinivasa
  • Publication number: 20140026218
    Abstract: A file stored in a first portion of a computer memory of a computer is determined to be a malicious file. A duplicate of the file is stored in a quarantine area in the computer memory, the quarantine area being in a second portion of the computer memory that is different from the first portion of the computer memory. One or more protection processes are performed on the file. The determination that the file is a malicious file is determined to be a false positive and the file is restored, during a boot sequence, to a state prior to the one or more protection processes being performed on the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Prabhat Kumar Singh, Nitin Jyoti, Gangadharasa Srinivasa
  • Patent number: 8539583
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for rolling back protection processes. In one aspect, a method includes determining that a file is a malicious file, storing a duplicate of the file in a quarantine area, performing one or more protection processes on the file, if the determination that the file is a malicious file is a false positive determination, restoring the file by a pre-boot rollback process to a state prior to the one or more protection processes performed on the file, and booting the computer with the restored file, and if the determination that the file is a malicious file is not a false positive determination, not restoring the file to a state prior to the one or more protection processes performed on the file, and booting the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Prabhat Kumar Singh, Nitin Jyoti, Gangadharasa Srinivasa
  • Publication number: 20130097708
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes receiving a signal to enable a whitelist mode on a host in a network, terminating a process executing on the host if the process is not verified, and blocking execution of software objects on the host if the software objects are not represented on the whitelist. In more particular embodiments, the method also includes identifying the process on a process list that enumerates one or more processes executing on the host. Yet further embodiments include quarantining the host if a second process on the process list is a critical process and if the second process is not verified. More specific embodiments include identifying and restarting another process on the process list if process memory was modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Sridhar Jayanthi, Praneet Khare, Gangadharasa Srinivasa
  • Publication number: 20110107424
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for rolling back protection processes. In one aspect, a method includes determining that a file is a malicious file, storing a duplicate of the file in a quarantine area, performing one or more protection processes on the file, if the determination that the file is a malicious file is a false positive determination, restoring the file by a pre-boot rollback process to a state prior to the one or more protection processes performed on the file, and booting the computer with the restored file, and if the determination that the file is a malicious file is not a false positive determination, not restoring the file to a state prior to the one or more protection processes performed on the file, and booting the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: MCAFEE, INC.
    Inventors: Prabhat Kumar Singh, Nitin Jyoti, Gangadharasa Srinivasa