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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Mcafee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Craig Schmugar, Hillsboro, OR (US);
John Teddy, Beaverton, OR (US);
Cedric Cochin, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
McAfee, LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 21/568 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique for detecting malware looks at startup hooks that may be created by malware to assist in ensuring that the malware is started upon a reboot of a programmable device. After enumerating startup hooks in the system, startup hooks associated with untrusted executables are deleted. If the startup hook is restored, that is an indication that the untrusted executable may be malware. An indication may then be passed to an anti-malware software to analyze the executable further.