SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HARDWARE DETECTION AND CLEANING OF UNKNOWN MALWARE INSTALLED ON PERSONAL COMPUTER Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G06F21/56 G06F21/53 G06F11/277 

FIELD: physics, computer engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to computer engineering. The method for hardware detection and cleaning of unknown malware installed on a personal computer comprises steps of: preparing and carrying out a series of experiments, wherein the experiment is simulating connection to the inspected personal computer of an external device or another personal computer storing any information; performing analysis of changes in the information on the simulated external devices or other personal computers obtained during all experiments; determining, during the analysis, presence of unknown malware on the inspected personal computer which violates integrity of information on the simulated external devices or other personal computers, and determining if it is possible to delete the detected unknown malware using a cleaning mechanism, wherein: if unknown malware is detected on the inspected personal computer, said malware being able to be deleted by a cleaning mechanism, the cleaning mechanism is created and applied to the inspected personal computer.

EFFECT: improved protection from unknown malware.

28 cl, 4 dwg