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US 9,311,482 B2Granted
Inoculator and antibody for computer security
AssigneeCounterTack, Inc.
InventorsMichael Gregory Hoglund, Shawn Michael Bracken
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Abstract
In an embodiment of the invention, a method includes: determining, in a computer, an area where an undesired computer program will reside; and providing a data object in the area, so that the data object is an antibody that provides security to the computer and immunity against the undesired program. Another embodiment of the invention also provides an apparatus (or system) that can be configured to perform at least some of the above functionalities.
Claims26
A method comprising:
- determining, in a computer, a location where an undesired computer program is configured to reside upon installation on the computer;
- providing, to the computer, a data object to occupy the determined installation location of the undesired computer program in the computer to prevent the undesired computer program from being installed in the determined installation location on the computer;
- and
- providing a null configuration object in a second location in the computer, wherein the null configuration object is associated with the data object.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a computer device including an inoculator engine configured to determine, in a computer, a location where an undesired computer program is configured to reside upon installation on the computer;
- provide, to the computer, a data object to occupy the determined installation location of the undesired computer program in the computer to prevent the undesired computer program from being installed in the determined installation location on the computer;
- and provide a null configuration object in a second location in the computer, wherein the null configuration object is associated with the data object.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors that are operatively coupled to a memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- determine, in a computer, a location where an undesired computer program is configured to reside upon installation on the computer;
- cause the apparatus to provide, to the computer, a data object to occupy the determined installation location of the undesired computer program in the computer to prevent the undesired computer program from being installed in the determined installation location on the computer;
- and
- provide a null configuration object in a second location in the computer, wherein the null configuration object is associated with the data object.
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An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to:
- determine, in a computer, a location where an undesired computer program is configured to reside upon installation on the computer;
- provide, to the computer, a data object to occupy the determined installation location of the undesired computer program in the computer to prevent the undesired computer program from being installed in the determined installation location on the computer;
- and
- provide a null configuration object in a second location in the computer, wherein the null configuration object is associated with the data object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.