Erkennungsmuster

English translation: virus pattern

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German term or phrase:Erkennungsmuster
English translation:virus pattern
Entered by: transatgees

14:41 Sep 3, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software
German term or phrase: Erkennungsmuster
In a risk analysis.

"Ein Virus-/Wurmangriff infiziert Systeme wegen veraltetem Erkennungsmuster des installierten Virenscanners, so dass das Arbeiten massiv eingeschränkt ist".

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transatgees
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:42
virus pattern
Explanation:
I wonder if it might be possible to use simply "virus pattern" or "virus pattern file(s)", as this is the popular terminology used in the marketing of anti-virus products.

It is of course about recognising or identifying viruses by mean of patterns. See this definition of "virus pattern":

Virus Pattern
A sequence of bytes extracted from a virus and used for virus recognition.
http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/index.cfm?section=overvie...

A US company example:

NAV performs automatic updates by default, and you get a system wide warning when your virus pattern files are out of date.
http://www.pcdisinfect.com/

Viren-Erkennungsmuster can be found used in a similar way, e.g.:

Wenn die AutoUpdate-Funktion richtig konfiguriert ist, können Sie die Viren-Erkennungsmuster sehr einfach aus der VirusScan-Konsole (1) aktualisieren
http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/sicherheit/docs/antivir/autoupd...
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Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:42
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4virus detection algorithm
Bernd Runge
4 +1matching pattern
AC0
4recognition sample
Ellen Kraus
3pattern recognition
Andrea Garfield-Barkworth
2virus pattern
Alison MacG


Discussion entries: 2





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
recognition sample


Explanation:
which I found confirmed by Google entries

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The advanced recognition sample demonstrates advanced features of the Microsoft Tablet PC Automation application programming interface (API) used for ...
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms839542.aspx

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 03:42
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pattern recognition


Explanation:
Executable packing is the most common technique used by computer virus writers to obfuscate malicious code and evade detection by anti-virus software. Universal unpackers have been proposed that can detect and extract encrypted code from packed executables, therefore potentially revealing hidden viruses that can then be detected by traditional signature-based anti-virus software. However, universal unpackers are computationally expensive and scanning large collections of executables looking for virus infections may take several hours or even days.

In this paper we apply pattern recognition techniques for fast detection of packed executables. The objective is to efficiently and accurately distinguish between packed and non-packed executables, so that only executables detected as packed will be sent to an universal unpacker, thus saving a significant amount of processing time. We show that our system achieves very high detection accuracy of packed executables with a low average processing time.


    Reference: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V...
Andrea Garfield-Barkworth
Germany
Local time: 03:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
matching pattern


Explanation:
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http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=security&seqNu...

Another problem with ***pattern matching*** is that with a little less than 400,000 viruses out there, a scanner runs into a resource limitation. Each of those 400k viruses has a ***matching pattern***, which must be compared to each file on the system. Since the typical system has several hundred to several thousand executables in memory, this can be a very processor intense task.

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http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=4498...

A Fast ***Pattern Matching*** Algorithm for Anti-virus Applications

nti-virus applications play an important role in today's Internet communication security. Virus scanning is usually performed on email, Web and file transfer traffic flows at intranet security gateways. The performance of popular anti-virus applications relies on the pattern matching algorithms implemented in these security devices. The growth of network bandwidth and the increase of virus signatures call for high speed and scalable pattern matching algorithms. Motivated by several observations of a real-life virus signature database from Clam-AV, a popular antivirus application, a fast ***pattern matching*** algorithm named MRSI is proposed in this paper. Compared to the current algorithm implemented in Clam-AV, MRSI achieved an 80%~100% faster virus scanning speed without excessive memory usages.


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http://www.avinti.com/downloads/isolation-server-whitepaper....

Virus Signature Systems — Window of Vulnerability
Outbreak viruses spread rapidly because no ******matching pattern****** exists

Traditional virus scanning systems rely on a database of known virus signatures and cannot detect new or unknown viruses. To protect their systems, network and security administrators must constantly verify that virus signature files are updated. "Outbreak" or "day-zero" viruses infiltrate and infect networks immediately because no matching pattern exists for them in signature databases. These viruses use their anonymity to replicate rapidly and infect hundreds of thousands of machines. Even when using ***pattern-matching*** antivirus systems that automatically search for and update virus definitions ("real-time" pattern scanning), networks are vulnerable to new outbreak viruses.

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http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/microsoft.public.win2000...

Re: Norton AntiVirus Version Number Deception?

Trend Micro has a great free stand alone tool
> called
>> Sysclean that finds and removes a LOT of common malwares. You don't
> have to
>> install it. Just download it and the ****matching pattern*** file to a
> common
>> folder to run from.

I hope it helps!

AC0
Germany
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dr Lofthouse: Agree 100% (see how virus scanners work <http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/expert/KnowledgebaseAns...>
2 hrs
  -> thanks!
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
virus detection algorithm


Explanation:
... due to the installed virus scanner's outdated detection algorithms ...

Bernd Runge
Germany
Local time: 03:43
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rolf Keiser: this is professional!
4 mins
  -> Danke :-)

agree  Audrey Foster (X): Nice
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Audrey.

agree  Uta Kappler: That's what it is!
3 hrs
  -> Danke, Uta.

agree  Julia Lipeles
3 hrs
  -> Danke, Julia.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
virus pattern


Explanation:
I wonder if it might be possible to use simply "virus pattern" or "virus pattern file(s)", as this is the popular terminology used in the marketing of anti-virus products.

It is of course about recognising or identifying viruses by mean of patterns. See this definition of "virus pattern":

Virus Pattern
A sequence of bytes extracted from a virus and used for virus recognition.
http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/index.cfm?section=overvie...

A US company example:

NAV performs automatic updates by default, and you get a system wide warning when your virus pattern files are out of date.
http://www.pcdisinfect.com/

Viren-Erkennungsmuster can be found used in a similar way, e.g.:

Wenn die AutoUpdate-Funktion richtig konfiguriert ist, können Sie die Viren-Erkennungsmuster sehr einfach aus der VirusScan-Konsole (1) aktualisieren
http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/sicherheit/docs/antivir/autoupd...

Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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