Device booting with an initial protection component
US8938618B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 5, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/575
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Booting a computing device includes executing one or more firmware components followed by a boot loader component. A protection component for the computing device, such as an anti-malware program, is identified and executed as an initial component after executing the boot loader component. One or more boot components are also executed, these one or more boot components including only boot components that have been approved by the protection component. A list of boot components that have been previously approved by the protection component can also be maintained in a tamper-proof manner.
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