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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2005
Wei Wu, Redmond, WA (US);
Julie D Bennett, Medina, WA (US);
Frank Nian-tzu Chu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mohammed El-gammal, Woodinville, WA (US);
Simon D Earnshaw, Seattle, WA (US);
Wei Wu, Redmond, WA (US);
Julie D Bennett, Medina, WA (US);
Frank Nian-Tzu Chu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mohammed El-Gammal, Woodinville, WA (US);
Simon D Earnshaw, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Tampering with pieces of software is inhibited. Registry protection prevents changes made to keys and values in a central hierarchical database. Hardware protection prevents hackers from forcing various pieces of software from running on unauthorized pieces of hardware. The obfuscation of a software image so as to becloud the comprehension of hackers in reverse engineering pieces of software comprising the software image is provided. Image verification ensures the originality of the pieces of software to be installed.