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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Royi Ronen, Tel Aviv, IL;
Shay Kels, Givatayim, IL;
Elad Ziklik, Modi'in, IL;
Efim Hudis, Bellevue, WA (US);
Corina Feuerstein, Herzilya, IL;
Tomer Brand, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a system and method for automatically identifying potential malware files or benign files in files that are not known to be malware. Vector distances for select features of the files are compared to vectors both known malware files and benign files. Based on the distance measures a malware score is obtained for the unknown file. If the malware score exceeds a threshold a researcher may be notified of the potential malware, or the file may be automatically classified as malware if the score is significantly high.