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Malware protection for virtual machines

US12406061B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 2023
Grant dateSep 2, 2025
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2201/84
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method at a data management system comprises: receiving, at a storage appliance from a server hosting a virtual machine, a write made to the virtual machine; computing, at the storage appliance, a fingerprint of the transmitted write; comparing, at the storage appliance, the computed fingerprint to malware fingerprints in a malware catalog; repeating the computing and comparing; and disabling the virtual machine if a number of matches from the comparing breaches a predetermined threshold over a predetermined amount of time.

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