Kaspersky Lab patents cutting-edge hardware antivirus solution

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:03:04 +0000

Kaspersky has announced successful patenting of a new hardware-based antivirus system that effectively combats rootkits. The new technology makes use of a hardware-based antivirus solution whose primary function is to neutralize the most widespread type of threat – malicious programs that store themselves or infect files on a computer’s hard drive. The patented antivirus program scans data that is written to the hard disk, identifying and blocking malicious programs. Since it is implemented on the hardware rather than software level, the technology is not dependent on the operating system’s configuration and can effectively combat malicious programs that elevate their privileges in the system, e.g., dangerous malware such as rootkits. Rootkits hook the operating system’s functions, enabling them to actively resist their detection and removal by software antivirus solutions that operate in the same environment. Specifically, rootkits can block an antivirus application from being started, track its actions and recover the malicious processes removed by the antivirus application, modify removal settings in the system registry, etc. Such activity will be ineffective in the case of a hardware solution that does not operate in the infected operating system’s environment, and the rootkit can be quickly neutralized.

Top 5 Optimizers technical rumors » rootkits

Kaspersky Lab patents cutting-edge hardware antivirus solution