When Bloodhound locates a potential new virus, the offending file can then be fed into our automated analysis system for further inspection. The Bloodhound system is largely based on SARC s Seeker technology. Originally, Seeker was used to locate and retrieve samples from known virus transmission sites. Seeker can be focused on a website suspected of hosting viruses and can acquire all files from that site for automated analysis. While it acquires samples, Seeker concurrently explores other potential virus exchange sites that can be reached through web links.
Bloodhound constitutes a complete departure from traditional virus scanning technology.
When an anti-virus company receives a new virus, it analyzes it and extracts a virus fingerprint. Viruses that have not yet been analyzed are invisible to such anti-virus software. Rather than using signatures, Bloodhound detects viruses by inspecting executable files for virus-like behavior. WM.Concept Variant WM.Coolio WM.CountTen. B WM.GoodBye dropper WM.GoodBye WM.Hybrid WM.MadDog.