System and method for preventing execution of malicious instructions stored in memory and malicious threads within an operating system of a computing device
US10121010B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 12, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/56
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a malicious code prevention module identifies potentially malicious instructions in volatile memory of a computing device and replaces them with innocuous instructions. In another embodiment, the malicious code prevention module identifies a potentially malicious thread within an operating system and replaces the first instruction in the thread with a new instruction that terminates the thread. Malicious code prevention module prevents malicious code from inflicting any harm on the computing device and its contents.
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