SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROTECTION OF ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE

摘要

The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a computing system for executing an antivirus software program. In one aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may comprise an antivirus software program to be executed in a first virtual machine by a computer processor that supports multiple virtual machines. The antivirus software program may obtain access to a memory of a second virtual machine on the computer processor that supports multiple virtual machines, and use the access to the memory of the second virtual machine to monitor the memory of the second virtual machine and take a corrective action. In a further aspect, the corrective action may be to remove any malware found on a computer operating system that is running on the second virtual machine.

主权项

1. A computing system, comprising:
a memory; and a computer processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to:
initialize a hypervisor;establish a first virtual machine under the control of the hypervisor;load an antivirus software program from a non-volatile storage;execute the antivirus software program on the first virtual machine;establish a second virtual machine under the control of the hypervisor;load and execute a computer operating system on the second virtual machine; andgrant the antivirus software program access to a portion of the memory allocated to the second virtual machine running the operating system, wherein the antivirus software program uses the access to the portion of the memory allocated to the second virtual machine to monitor state of the second virtual machine and take a corrective action.