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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:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2007
Applicant:
Paul A. Gassoway, Norwood, MA (US);
Inventor:
Paul A. Gassoway, Norwood, MA (US);
Assignee:
CA, Inc., Islandia, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a method and system for detecting malware using a secure operating system mode. In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present disclosure a file is received. The file is stored in a secure directory. At least one operation is prevented on the file. A secure operating system mode is started to detect whether the file comprises malware.