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Patent No.:

US 8572371 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2005
Applicant:

Paul A. Gassoway, Norwood, MA (US);

Inventor:

Paul A. Gassoway, Norwood, MA (US);

Assignee:

CA, Inc., Islandia, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method are provided for detecting kernel level rootkits including scanning a kernel memory using a kernel level detector. The kernel level detector includes kernel level code executing in kernel space. The kernel memory is compared to at least one rootkit signature file to determine if a rootkit signature corresponding to the rootkit signature file is present in the kernel memory.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Gassoway, Paul. (2013). Discovery of kernel rootkits with memory scan (U.S. Patent No. 8572371). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8572371

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