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Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Malwarebytes Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jason Neal Raber, Bellbrook, OH (US);

Mickael Roger, Six-Fours-les-Plages, FR;

Assignee:

Malwarebytes Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 9/45508 (2013.01); G06F 11/302 (2013.01); G06F 11/3495 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract

An anti-malware system monitors the emulation of a suspicious program in a sandbox environment. The anti-malware system determines that the suspicious program is attempting to access a restricted area of memory (e.g., an executable instruction in the restricted area). Rather than stop the emulation, the anti-malware system can temporarily pause the emulation of the suspicious program. During this pause, the anti-malware system can determine whether the suspicious program is containable within the sandbox environment. If the anti-malware system determines that the emulation of the executable instruction is safe (e.g., that the program is containable), the anti-malware system will resume emulation. If the anti-malware system determines that the emulation of the executable instruction is not safe, the anti-malware system may shut down emulation.


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