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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2011
Applicant:

Rishi Bhargava, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Rishi Bhargava, Cupertino, CA (US);

David P. Reese, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 12/08 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/577 (2013.01); G06F 12/08 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1052 (2013.01); G06F 2212/151 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method in one example implementation includes synchronizing a first memory page set with a second memory page set of a virtual guest machine, inspecting the first memory page set off-line, and detecting a threat in the first memory page set. The method further includes taking an action based on the threat. In more specific embodiments, the method includes updating the first memory page set with a subset of the second memory page set at an expiration of a synchronization interval, where the subset of the second memory page set was modified during the synchronization interval. In other more specific embodiments, the second memory page set of the virtual guest machine represents non-persistent memory of the virtual guest machine. In yet other specific embodiments, the action includes at least one of shutting down the virtual guest machine and alerting an administrator.


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