摘要 |
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including executable instructions. The at least one memory and the executable instructions are configured to, in cooperation with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: during the loading of an operating system, loading a boot time driver installed by an anti-virus application; reading a master boot record data by the boot time driver as soon as the operating system is ready to handle the request for reading the master boot record data; analyzing the collected master boot record data to identify any malicious entities; and in the event that malicious entities are identified, controlling the behavior of the processing system in order to disable the malicious entity. |