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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Philip R. Chauvet, Tucson, AZ (US);

Joseph V. Malinowski, Oak Forest, IL (US);

David C. Reed, Tucson, AZ (US);

Max D. Smith, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/52 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/52 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2139 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one aspect of the present description, operations are described for detecting whether programming code of a first computer program has been modified by a second computer program. In one embodiment, the modification detecting includes registering a first section of programming code of the first computer program in a first registry data structure. To detect a modification, the registered first section of programming code may be validated. In one embodiment, the validating includes comparing the section of programming code actually located at the first memory address to the registered first section of programming code. In another aspect, various selectable remedial actions may be taken upon detecting modification of programming code of the first computer program. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application.


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