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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2010
Applicant:
Pavel Turbin, Jokela, FI;
Inventor:
Pavel Turbin, Jokela, FI;
Assignee:
F-Secure Oyj, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of protecting a computer against malware infection. The method includes during operation of the computer, reading master boot record code from a removable storage device into the computer and inspecting said code to identify any instructions associated with suspicious behaviour. In the event that suspicious instructions are identified, the master boot record code on the removable storage device is modified and/or the behaviour of the computer adapted in order to prevent said master boot record code installing malware into the computer. Examples of suspicious behaviour include hard disk read or write operations.