Systems and methods for optimizing scanning of preinstalled applications

Abstract

The present invention provides a computer-implemented method for optimizing a scan of a pre-installed application that may include: (1) identifying a plurality of applications on a client device that are subject to a scan-based assessment; (2) ) determining that the plurality of applications have been pre-installed on the client device by a system image of the client device; (3) generating a fingerprint representing the system image; and (4) representing the The fingerprint of the system image is sent to an assessment server, and in response, an assessment of the system image is received to complete the scan-based assessment of the plurality of applications. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for optimizing scanning of pre-installed applications. Background technique [0002] Consumers and businesses face an increasing amount of malware that threatens the stability and performance of their computing devices, as well as the security of their data. Computer programmers with malicious motives have created and continue to create viruses, Trojan horses, worms and other programs (collectively referred to as "malware") in an attempt to harm computing devices. To evade detection, malicious programmers may inject malware into or between legitimate programs. [0003] Many security software companies attempt to combat malware by routinely creating and deploying malware signatures (eg, hash functions that uniquely identify malware) to customers. However, performing signature-based security assessments may consume significant computing resources, especially in the case of mobile computing...

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However, performing signature-based security assessments can be computationally resource-intensive, especially in the case of mobile computing devices, where network resources and other computing resources may be in limited supply

Additionally, many computing systems, including mobile computing devices, may come with several pre-installed applications, placing a computational burden on both the mobile computing device and the security server that provides security assessments for the applications installed on the mobile computing device

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