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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Radoslav Stanev, Tehachapi, CA (US);
Jonathon Salehpour, Upland, CA (US);
Somard Kruayatidee, Culver City, CA (US);
NortonLifeLock, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for executing application launchers may include (i) creating a security sandbox within an operating system environment, (ii) executing an original application launcher within the security sandbox, and (iii) registering the security sandbox as a new application launcher within the operating system environment such that the original application launcher is still available to a user through the security sandbox and the security sandbox supplements the original application launcher by providing a layer of protection for the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.