Apparatus, system and method for detecting malicious code
US8955124B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 5, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/566
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus, system and method for detecting malicious code inserted into a normal process in disguise. The apparatus includes a malicious code detection module for extracting information on a thread generated by a process running on a computer system to identify code related to the thread, preliminarily determining whether or not the identified code is malicious and extracting the code preliminarily determined to be malicious; and a forcible malicious code termination module for finally determining the code as malicious code based on an analysis result of behavior of the extracted code executed in a virtual environment and forcibly terminating execution of the code.
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