US Patent 7779473 Dynamic detection of computer worms

Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for detecting malicious computer code in a host computer (1). A method embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of determining (32) whether data leaving the host computer (1) is addressed to exit a port (15) of the host computer (1) where outbound executable content normally does not appear; when the data is addressed to exit such a port (15), determining (33) whether a string (24) from a pre-established runtime database (9) of executable threads is present in said data; and when a string (24) from said runtime database (9) is present in said data, declaring (34) a suspicion of presence of malicious computer code in said data.