SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING CHANGED SYSTEM FILES FOR CHECKING FOR MALWARE IN A CLOUD SERVICE Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC G06F21/56 G06F21/57 

FIELD: computer equipment.

SUBSTANCE: disclosed is a method of detecting system files for checking for malware in a cloud service, comprising steps of: selecting with the help of safety application at least one system file and detecting its attributes; obtaining, using the security application from the system file backups of the operating system, the attributes of said selected system file; using a security application, comparing, using a security application, obtained from the operating system file backup storage, attributes of said selected system file and detected attributes of said selected system file; in case attributes of said selected system file obtained from backup of system file system files and detected attributes of said selected system file do not match, using the security application, transmitting said selected system file to a cloud service for checking for malware.

EFFECT: technical result is to identify system files for checking for malware in a cloud service.

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