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Gavin Anthony Adams0
Date of Patent
November 6, 2018
0Patent Application Number
153850990
Date Filed
December 20, 2016
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Methods and devices for detection of malware, such as ransomware, are disclosed. Ransomware encrypts files, making them useless to the owner. The entropy value of files is calculated and, in response to a predetermined event, such as a write operation to the file, a new entropy value is calculated. If the change in entropy value exceeds a threshold, or if the magic number of a file is missing or is inconsistent with the file type, then malware may be present. Steps are then taken to prevent further encryption by the malware.
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