Boot Time Remediation of Malware

Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to removing malware from a computer system. In aspects, an anti-malware engine detects malware and writes a tool onto a storage device. The anti-malware engine disguises the tool to make it more difficult for malware to detect that the tool is on...

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Main Authors JOHNSON JOSEPH JARED, SANDU CATALIN DANIEL, JARRETT MICHAEL SEAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 27.08.2009
Subjects
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COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to removing malware from a computer system. In aspects, an anti-malware engine detects malware and writes a tool onto a storage device. The anti-malware engine disguises the tool to make it more difficult for malware to detect that the tool is on the storage device. In addition, the anti-malware engine encrypts and writes remediation actions to be taken by the tool to the storage device and requests that the computer reboot. After rebooting, the computer executes the tool which takes the remediation actions including removing the malware.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080038792