US Patent 8181251 Methods and systems for detecting malware

A method for detecting malware is disclosed. The method may include examining a plurality of metadata fields of a plurality of known-clean-executable files. The method may also include examining a plurality of metadata fields of a plurality of known-malicious-executable files. The method may further include deducing, based on information obtained from examining the plurality of metadata fields of the plurality of known-clean- and known-malicious-executable files, metadata-field attributes indicative of malware. Corresponding systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed.