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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2015
Mcafee, Llc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ravi Sahita, Portland, OR (US);
Xiaoning Li, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Lixin Lu, San Jose, CA (US);
Lu Deng, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alexander Shepsen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xiang Xu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Liangjun Huang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hua Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kai Huang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
McAfee, LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments include identifying, at a logical path node, a first logical path and a second logical path; executing, by a processor implemented at least partially in hardware, a first set of instructions to follow the first logical path; storing, in a memory, a first set of information obtained from following the first logical path; evaluating, by a malware handler module implemented at least partially in hardware, the first set of information for malware; restoring, from the memory, environmental data for the first logical path node; executing, by the processor, a second set of instructions to follow the second logical path; storing, in a memory, a second set of information obtained from following the second logical path; and evaluating, by the malware handler module, the second set of information for malware.