System and method for correcting antivirus records to minimize false malware detections

Abstract

Disclose are system, method and computer program product for correcting antivirus records. In an example method, during analysis of a software object for malware, an antivirus application retrieves from an antivirus database an antivirus record associated with the analyzed object, which identifies the object as malicious or clean. The application also checks if there is a correction for the antivirus record in an antivirus cache and use the correction for analysis of the software object. If no correction is found in the cache, the application checks correctness of the antivirus record with an antivirus server. The antivirus server uses statistical information about software objects collected from antivirus applications deployed on different computers to validate correctness of antivirus records. If the antivirus server provides a correction for the antivirus record, the application uses the provided correction for analysis of the software object for malware.