
7
In the Analysis Status page, monitor the status of the analysis. See Monitor the status of malware
analysis on page 100
8
After the analysis is complete, view the report in the Analysis Results page. See View the analysis
results on page 102.
How McAfee Advanced Threat Defense analyzes malware?
This section explains a typical workflow when McAfee Advanced Threat Defense analyzes files for
malware.
Consider that you have uploaded a file manually using McAfee Advanced Threat Defense web
application:
1
Assuming the file format is supported, McAfee Advanced Threat Defense unpacks the file and
calculates the MD5 hash value.
2
McAfee Advanced Threat Defense applies the analyzer profile that you specified during file upload.
3
Based on the configuration in the analyzer profile, it determines the modules to use for static
analysis and checks the file against those modules.
4
If the file is found to be malicious during static analysis, McAfee Advanced Threat Defense stops
further analysis and generates the required reports. This, however, depends on how you have
configured the corresponding analyzer profile.
5
If the static analysis does not report any malware or if you had configured McAfee Advanced Threat
Defense to perform dynamic analysis regardless of the results from static analysis, McAfee
Advanced Threat Defense initiates dynamic analysis for the file.
6
It executes the file in the corresponding analyzer VMs and records every behavior. The analyzer VM
is determined based on the VM profile in the analyzer profile.
7
If the file is fully executed or if the maximum execution period expires, McAfee Advanced Threat
Defense prepares the required reports.
8
After dynamic analysis is complete, it sets the analyzer VMs to their baseline version so that they
can be used for the next file in queue.
Managing analyzer profiles
When a file is manually or automatically submitted to McAfee Advanced Threat Defense for analysis, it
uses the corresponding analyzer profile to determine how the file needs to be analyzed and what
needs to be reported in the analysis results. You specify the VM profile in the analyzer profile. You also
define how the file is to be analyzed for malware and the reports to be published. Thus, an analyzer
profile contains all the critical user-configuration on how to analyze a file.
Configuring McAfee Advanced Threat Defense for malware analysis
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