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Systems and Methods for Detecting Malicious Network Content

  • US 20100115621A1
  • Filed: 11/03/2008
  • Published: 05/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for detecting malicious network content, comprising:

  • inspecting one or more packets of network content;

    identifying a suspicious characteristic of the network content;

    determining a score related to a probability that the network content includes malicious network content based on at least the suspicious characteristic;

    identifying the network content as suspicious if the score satisfies a threshold value;

    executing a virtual machine to process the suspicious network content; and

    analyzing a response of the virtual machine to detect malicious network content.

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