MOBILE MALWARE DETECTION AND USER NOTIFICATION

摘要

Methods and systems for detecting and responding to malware events associated with mobile/portable computing devices by means of a malware detection gateway device associated with a mobile service provider network are provided. According to one embodiment, a malware detection gateway device associated with a mobile service provider network detects a malware event based on a data stream transmitted to or from a portable computing device communicating with a packet data network via the mobile service provider network. Responsive thereto, the malware detection gateway device causes a malware reporting/notification message to be sent to a user of the portable computing device by sending a malware indicating message, including an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the portable computing device, to a lookup device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
detecting, by a malware detection gateway device associated with a mobile service provider network, a malware event based on a data stream transmitted to or from a portable computing device communicating with a packet data network via the mobile service provider network; and causing a malware reporting/notification message to be sent to a user of the portable computing device, by sending, by the malware detection gateway device, a malware indicating message to a lookup device, wherein the malware indicating message comprises an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the portable computing device.