Program removal
AssigneeF-Secure Corporation
InventorMika Ståhlberg
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Abstract
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a method for implementation on a computer system in order to remove or disable a program that generates dialog boxes on a display of the computer system. The method includes accepting input from a user input device that identifies a dialog box displayed on the display of the computer system, identifying the process or process module and program components associated with the identified dialog box, and attempting to terminate or disable the identified process or process module, and remove or disable the identified program components.
Claims9
A method for implementation on a computer system in order to remove or disable a malicious program that creates dialog boxes on a display of the computer system, the method comprising:
- displaying one or more dialog boxes on the display of the computer system;
- activating a malicious program removal tool and accepting user input to the tool from a user input device that identifies the dialog box displayed on the display of the computer system, wherein the input from the user input device comprises a point-and-click input from a user pointing device that has been used to position a pointer over the dialog box on the display;
- identifying a process or process module and program components that created the identified dialog box;
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- attempting to terminate or disable the identified process or process module, and remove or disable the identified program components.
A computer program comprising computer program code means adapted to perform the following steps:
- display one or more dialog boxes on a display of a computer system;
- activate a malicious program removal tool and accept user input to the tool from a user input device that identifies the dialog box displayed on the display of the computer system, wherein the input from the user input device comprises a point-and-click input from a user pointing device that has been used to position a pointer over the dialog box on the display;
- identify a process or process module and program components that created the identified dialog box;
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- attempt to terminate or disable the identified process or process module, and remove or disable the identified program components.
A computer system configured to remove or disable a malicious program that creates dialog boxes on a display of the computer system, the computer system comprising:
- a program removal unit for displaying one or more dialog boxes on the display of the computer system, activating a malicious program removal tool and accepting user input to the tool from a user input device, the input comprising identification of the dialog box displayed on the display of the computer system, wherein the input from the user input device comprises a point-and-click input from a user pointing device that has been used to position a pointer over the dialog box on the display, identifying a process or process module and program components that created the identified dialog box, and attempting to terminate or disable the identified process or process module, and remove the identified program components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.