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Provides certified antivirus agents with direct access to scan storage

A memory access and anti-virus technology, applied in the direction of instruments, electrical digital data processing, computing, etc., can solve problems such as endangering the host operating system

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-08-12
INTEL CORP
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[0002] Recent Malware Attacks Target Security Software and Compromise Host Operating Systems

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[0018] The following description describes an embodiment of a computer platform that provides an authenticated antivirus agent with direct access to scan memory and storage devices, according to one embodiment. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth, such as logical implementation, resource partitioning, or sharing, or replication implementation, types and interrelationships of system components, and logical partitioning or integration options, in order to provide a more complete understanding of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, control structures, gate level circuits and full software instruction sequences have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure the present invention. From the included descriptions, those skilled in the art will be able to implement suitable functionality without undue exper...

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A computer platform may support anti-virus agents that may be provided access to directly scan the memory. The computer platform may comprise a platform control hub, which may comprise a manageability engine and a virtualizer engine, wherein the manageability engine may allow the anti-virus agents to be downloaded to a platform hardware space that is isolated from an operating system. The manageability engine may authenticate the anti-virus agents and provide an access for the anti-virus agents to directly scan a memory or a storage device coupled to the platform hardware.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to providing authenticated antivirus agents with direct access to scan memory. Background technique [0002] Recent malware attacks target security software and thus compromise host operating systems. Unfortunately, computer worms such as "Conficker" can successfully compromise security software and thus prevent access to websites that offer antivirus software for download. Independent software vendors (ISVs) offer websites that make antivirus software available for download. Other malware attacks can shim or rootkit local antivirus agents to prevent them from performing functions such as scanning disk or memory for virus signatures. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention relates to a method in a computer platform, comprising: [0004] allowing antivirus agents to be downloaded to a platform hardware space isolated from an operating system coupled to the computer platform; [0005] Authenticate the a...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F21/51G06F21/56
CPCG06F21/567G06F21/56G06F21/51
Inventor D·N·科拉 森德D·M·德哈姆H·M·霍斯拉维
Owner INTEL CORP