Method and apparatus for detecting malicious content in...

Information security – Prevention of unauthorized use of data including prevention...

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C726S022000, C726S024000

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07448085

ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment, a protected archive is checked for malicious content by checking a file size of the archive and/or examining the archive for notable characteristics indicative of malicious content. The notable characteristics may include values in a header of the archive. For example, the file name extension of a file contained in the archive and the compression method used to create the archive may be taken into account in determining whether the archive has malicious content, such as a worm or a virus. Embodiments of the present invention allow for detection of malicious content in the protected archive without necessarily having to extract files from the archive.

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Mark W. Storer, Kevin Greenan, Ethan L. Miller, “Long-term Threats to Secure Archives”, Oct. 2006, StorageSS '06: Proceedings of the second ACM workshop on Storage security and survivability, pp. 9-15.

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