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Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2013
Applicants:

Yuefeng LI, Nanjing, CN;

Qiang Huang, Nanjing, CN;

Ben Huang, Nanjing, CN;

Inventors:

Yuefeng Li, Nanjing, CN;

Qiang Huang, Nanjing, CN;

Ben Huang, Nanjing, CN;

Assignee:

Trend Micro Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/145 (2013.01); G06F 21/552 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 21/568 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2101 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer executes a suspicious software sample directly on its CPU in order to detect if the software sample is malicious. The software sample does not execute within a sandbox or virtual machine. Before the sample executes, a memory state of the computer is saved and a virtual disk file is created to bootstrap the computer at a later time. Malicious behavior of the software sample is collected while it executes and a report is generated. Hard disk access requests are redirected to a virtual disk file. The software sample does not detect that it is being analyzed. After execution of the sample, the computer is reverts to a clean state by bootstrapping the computer from the saved virtual disk file and then restoring the computer's volatile and non-volatile virtual memory from the saved memory state. A new software sample may then be executed and analyzed on the clean computer.


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