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Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2007
Applicant:

Mihai Chiriac, Bucharest, RO;

Inventor:

Mihai Chiriac, Bucharest, RO;

Assignee:

Prevx Limited, Derby, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In one aspect, an executable computer file is partitioned into basic blocks of code. At least some basic blocks are translated into translated basic blocks. At least some translated basic blocks are linked in memory of a computer. At least some translated basic blocks on the computer are executed so as to enable the file to be unpacked or decrypted. In this way, the file can be analyzed to determine whether the file is or should be classed as malware. In another aspect, at least a read page of cache memory is created for at least some basic blocks and at least a write page of cache memory is created for at least some basic blocks. During the execution of a basic block, at least one of the read page and the write page is checked for a cached real address corresponding to the virtual address that is being accessed for said basic block.


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