OFF-LINE MMS MALWARE SCANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

An Off-Line MMS Malware Scanning System and Method that detects malware in MMS messages without delaying Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Communications is presented The system comprises a network traffic scanner that replicates MMS traffic, with the original MMS traffic passing unaffected directly to the receiving mobile device, and a copy of the MMS traffic being routed to a packet reassembler that reconstructs the original MMS message. The reconstructed MMS message is then scanned, and if malware is detected, the receiving mobile device is notified of the presence of malware in the received MMS message. Because the MMS messages are scanned off-line, the flow of MMS traffic to mobile devices is not delayed.