Mcafee, Inc.

Li Xiao

Siddaraya B Revashetti

Shuborno Biswas

Junmin Qiu

Chris Roy

Kathryn Young

Bhavnesh Sharma

Vishnu Varadaraj

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, at least one processor to execute the instructions to, in response to identifying malicious data: a) in response to determining that the at least one processor is controlled by the first operating system type, block a download from being executed, and b) in response to determining a switch from the first operating system type to the second operating system type, remove, from the at least one memory, an object downloaded in the download.

Methods and apparatus to protect open and closed operating systems

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for dynamic extension of restricted software applications after an operating system mode switch. An example non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to detect a switch from a restricted operating system to an unrestricted operating system, and in response to detecting the switch, invoke a dormant executable to install an unrestricted application in the unrestricted operating system.

Dynamic extension of restricted software applications after an operating system mode switch

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a detector to detect a user-initiated switch between a closed operating system type and an open operating system type; an adapter to, in response to a notification, from the detector, of the switch, transition activation from a first interface to a second interface; and a scanner including a first scanning engine to operate via the first interface when the detector detects that the operating system is in the closed operating system type and the second interface when the detector detects that the operating system is in the open operating system type.

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for dynamic extension of restricted software applications after an operating system mode switch. An example system includes a switch detector to detect a switch of a computing device from a restricted operating system to an unrestricted operating system, and a restricted application upgrader to be invoked when the switch is detected, the restricted application upgrader is to generate a first request to a server to obtain a first executable, the first request including a parameter of a restricted software application of the computing device, execute the first executable to generate a second request to the server to obtain a second executable to install an unrestricted software application associated with the restricted software application, and execute the second executable to install the unrestricted software application.

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Waterloo, Canada

Li Xiao