Patent · US Active

Detecting malware

US9104870B1 · kind B1 · utility

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44References

20Claims

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Assignee

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

Bo Qu · Suzhou, CN
Xinran Wang · San Ramon, US
Kyle Sanders · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 28, 2012
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 28, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/10
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An example of candidate malware is data that potentially includes one or more malicious elements. Candidate malware is received. The received candidate malware is analyzed using a virtual machine. A determination is made that the candidate malware has attempted to perform an anti-virtual machine action. Output that indicates that the candidate malware is malicious is generated.

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