Memory dump with expanded data and user privacy protection
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsMiklos Szegedi, Ryan S. Kivett, Gregory W. Nichols, Mikhail Basilyan, Jen-Lung Chiu, Genghis Karimov
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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsMiklos Szegedi, Ryan S. Kivett, Gregory W. Nichols, Mikhail Basilyan, Jen-Lung Chiu, Genghis Karimov
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A system and method for generating a triage dump of useful memory data from a computer that encounters an error while executing one or more software programs. The computer system may identify data values within the triage dump that are characteristic of personal data. To protect the privacy of the software user the personal data may be poisoned by overwriting the data values with overwrite values. The overwrite values used to poison the data values may be predetermined, based on the data values themselves, or chosen at random. The triage dump may be sent to an external server to associated with the developer of the one or more software programs for analysis. When overwrite values are dynamically selected, the specific overwrite values used may be sent to the server in connection with a triage dump.
A method for generating a triage dump in a computer system comprising a processor and at least one memory for storing data, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of memory locations, the method comprising:
A computing device, comprising:
At least one storage device having instructions recorded thereon which, when executed by a processor of a computing device, perform a method comprising:
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