Control of an application on a remote computer device

A method comprising:

• receiving a compiled application of original executable computer code;
• modifying the compiled application to execute agent computer code with respect to the original executable computer code upon instantiation of the application, the agent code coded to provide control of the instantiation of the application from a remote source;
• and
• providing access to the modified compiled application for installation on at least one host computer.

A computer hardware system comprising:

• at least one processor device;
• a hardware repository that stores instructions associated with an application executed by the at least one processor;
• and
• an interconnect coupling the processor and the hardware repository, the interconnect causing the at least one process device to execute the application and perform operations of:
• receiving a request to execute the application installed on a host computer device, the application including a portion of originally compiled executable code derived from respective source code and a modification to the originally compiled executable code;
• in response to the request:
• i) executing the application, and ii) executing an agent on the host computer device as specified by the modification;
• and
• via the agent, providing control of the executed application on the host computer device from a remote source.

A computer-readable hardware storage medium having instructions stored thereon for processing data information, such that the instructions, when carried out by at least one processing device, cause the at least one processing device to perform operations of:

• receiving a request to execute an application installed on a host computer device, the application installed on the host computer device including a portion of originally compiled executable code derived from respective source code and a modification to the originally compiled executable code;
• in response to the request:
• i) executing the application, and ii) executing an agent on the host computer device as specified by the modification;
• and
• via the agent, providing control of the executed application on the host computer device from a remote source.