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Malware modeling detection system and method for mobile platforms

US8321941B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 6, 2007
Grant dateNov 27, 2012
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Expiry dateApr 13, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W12/10
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for detecting malware by modeling the behavior of malware and comparing a suspect executable with the model. The system and method extracts feature elements from malware-infected applications, groups the feature elements into feature sets, and develops rules describing a malicious probability relationship between the feature elements. Using malware-free and malware-infected applications as training data, the system and method heuristically trains the rules and creates a probability model for identifying malware. To detect malware, the system and method scans the suspect executable for feature sets and applies the results to the probability model to determine the probability that the suspect executable is malware-infected.

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