F-secure Corporation

Erka Koivunen

Jarno Niemela

Embodiments of the invention relate to improving security of computer resources. According to an aspect, providing access to a reference database storing information on known behavior of trusted computer processes and on resources the trusted computer processes need from a configuration database, the configuration database stores configuration information of a computer network; detecting, by a first computer process from a second computer process, a request for specified resource of the configuration database; determining, based on the request and the reference database, whether the second computer process is known to need the requested resource; upon determining that the computer process is not known to need the requested resource, causing a response to the request indicating to the second computer process that the response includes the requested resource but wherein the response comprises a resource indicator that directs the second computer process to access an environment monitored by an anti-malware computer process.

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Helsinki, Finland

Erka Koivunen