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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Gen Digital Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Andrei Stanciu, Bucharest, RO;
Teodor Anton, Ploiesti, RO;
Alin Enachescu, Costesti, RO;
Robert A. Clyde, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Assignee:
GEN DIGITAL INC., Tempe, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/54 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/54 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/564 (2013.01); G06F 21/568 (2013.01);
Abstract
Detecting malware by linking Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) and Scheduled Task Service (STS) activities to a source program. Using send Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) messages and receive ALPC messages, source programs that initiate the creation of temporary files and perform defined operations may be identified. If the source programs responsible for the temporary files and defined operations are determined to be malware programs, a security action may be performed on the source programs.