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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael LeMay, Hillsboro, OR (US);
David M. Durham, Beaverton, OR (US);
Men Long, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 12/0802 (2016.01); G06F 12/1009 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/567 (2013.01); G06F 12/0802 (2013.01); G06F 12/1009 (2013.01); G06F 21/564 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1052 (2013.01); G06F 2212/151 (2013.01); G06F 2212/683 (2013.01);
Abstract
Memory scanning methods and apparatus are disclosed. An example apparatus includes scan manager to identify a physical memory address that has recently been accessed. The physical memory address is identified as having been recently accessed when an access has occurred within a threshold of a current time. The apparatus also includes a scanner to scan a threshold amount of memory beginning at the physical memory address, and determine whether the memory included in the threshold amount of memory includes a pattern indicative of malware.