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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2016
Applicant:
F-secure Oyj, Helsinki, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
F-Secure Oyj, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/565 (2013.01); G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/629 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of protecting a computer system from malware, which malware attempts to prevent detection or analysis when executed in an emulated computer system. The method comprises determining if an executable file should be identified as being legitimate and, if not, executing the executable file while providing indications to the executable file that it is being executed within an emulated computer system.