Identifying malware containing computer files using embedded...

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2006-09-26

2006-09-26

Barrón, Jr., Gilberto (Department: 2132)

Information security

Monitoring or scanning of software or data including attack...

Intrusion detection

C726S022000, C726S025000

Reexamination Certificate

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07114185

ABSTRACT:
A computer file may be scanned for suspicious words18occurring within suspicious contexts20. Thus, messages embedded by malware authors within their malware may be detected. The detection of such embedded messages may be used to identify otherwise unknown items of malware or as a pre-filtering technique for controlling the use of further scanning techniques.

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