Patent ID: 7502939
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A software virus detection method, comprising: interpreting code that is suspected of containing proscribed code with an interpreter, wherein said interpreter includes a plurality of facilities for facilitating the interpretation of a plurality of code formats and languages in source or compiled form; evaluatively writing with said interpreter the results of said interpretation, wherein said results of said interpretation consist of a summarily evaluation of said suspect code; scanning the results of said interpretation for the presence of proscribed code and identifying proscribed code in said results, and making said results available to a reporter for reporting or to a processor for further processing of said results with a processing component; wherein the method includes ascertaining in said suspect code the presence of one or more instructions selected from the group consisting of file open write and file open modify; setting a pointer in a code sequence containing said one or more instructions; setting an emergency flag; sending to a reporter an emergency message; and communicating an alert from said reporter to a recipient.