Fault management during emulation-based antivirus scanning
CA 2285437 C · Owner: Symantec Corporation · Inventors: Nachenberg, Carey S.
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A computer-implemented appara-, tus and method for countering attempts of polymorphic viruses to evade detection by emulation-based scanners. Such attempts try to exploit differences between the real and virtual execution of instructions. The invention includes a fault manager (158) integrated into the CPU emulator (154) of a virus scanner software product. Before each instruction is emulated by the CPU emulator (154), the fault manager, (158) examines the opcode of the instruction to determine (310) whether a "fault" is triggered. If a fault is triggered, the fault manager (158) saves (314) a state record on a fault stack (162), then interrupts (316) to a corresponding fault handler …
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- Filed February 26, 1998 and granted December 30, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 26, 2018.
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