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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2018
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mircea Ciubotariu, Culver City, CA (US);
Dumitru Stama, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
NORTONLIFELOCK INC., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting and protecting against malicious software may include loading an untrusted application having a defined entry point into an emulated computing environment, executing a first instance of the untrusted application in the emulated computing environment beginning at the defined entry point, executing a second instance of the untrusted application beginning at a second entry point downstream from the defined entry point so as to bypass at least a portion of the untrusted application executed in the first instance, identifying the untrusted application as a potential threat based on information extracted from the second instance of the untrusted application, and performing a security action to protect against the untrusted application identified as a threat. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.