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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2005
Alexey A. Polyakov, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gretchen L. Loihle, Redmond, WA (US);
Mihai Costea, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert J. Hensing, Jr., York, SC (US);
Scott A. Field, Redmond, WA (US);
Vincent R. Orgovan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Yi-min Wang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Yun Lin, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alexey A. Polyakov, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gretchen L. Loihle, Redmond, WA (US);
Mihai Costea, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert J. Hensing, Jr., York, SC (US);
Scott A. Field, Redmond, WA (US);
Vincent R. Orgovan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Yi-Min Wang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Yun Lin, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a RootKit detector are directed to identifying a RootKit on a computer that is designed to conceal malware. Aspects of the RootKit detector leverage services provided by kernel debugger facilities to automatically obtain data in specified data structures that are maintained by an operating system. Then the data obtained from the kernel debugger facilities is processed with an integrity checker that determines whether the data contains properties sufficient to declare that a RootKit is resident on the computer.