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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:
May. 26, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Rossella De Gaetano, Rome, IT;

Alessandro Ghezzi, Rome, IT;

Corrado Gianfelici, Rome, IT;

Alfonso D'Aniello, Gragnano, IT;

Martha Pinelo, Rome, IT;

Valerio Mercuri, Rome, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/552 (2013.01); G06F 21/567 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract

An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and system for executing a software application. The embodiment may include receiving a notification of an intended execution of the software application directly within an operating system of the computing device. The embodiment may include halting the intended execution. The embodiment may include determining whether the software application is known and safe. The embodiment may include determining whether the software application is known and malicious. The embodiment may include creating a container on the computing device. The embodiment may include executing the software application within the container. The embodiment may include monitoring an execution behavior of the software application. The embodiment may include determining whether an anomaly has occurred within the execution behavior. In response to determining that an anomaly has not occurred, the embodiment may include executing the software application directly within the operating system.


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