Patent ID: 8732836

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for malware detection, the method comprising: analyzing by an antivirus application of a user device a software object for presence of malware; retrieving from an antivirus database of the antivirus application an antivirus record associated with the analyzed object, wherein the antivirus record identifies the object as malicious and wherein the antivirus record is adapted to include a working status and a test status; checking for a correction for the retrieved antivirus record, wherein said correction includes a change in the status of the antivirus record; when a correction for the antivirus record is found, using said correction for the retrieved antivirus record for further processing the software object by the antivirus application; when the processing of the software object using a corrected record with working status indicates that the software object is malicious, at least, notifying the user about detected malware; and when the processing of the software object using an corrected record with test status indicates that the software object is malicious, at least, not notifying the user about detected malware.