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Behavioral analysis involves monitoring the behavior of a file in an isolated environment, such as a sandbox, to protect users from unknown (zero-day) threats. Through this monitoring, a file’s functions, and how it interacts with its environment, can be understood by IT security professionals. It also identifies whether a file will attempt to communicate with an attacker-controlled external server for command-and-control purposes or to download additional [malicious] files.
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