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Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013

Filed:

Nov. 27, 2012
Applicant:

Kaspersky Lab Zao, Moscow, RU;

Inventors:

Andrey Y. Solodovnikov, Moscow, RU;

Kirill N. Kruglov, Moscow, RU;

Assignee:

Kaspersky Lab ZAO, Moscow, RU;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed are system, method and computer program product for updating software programs on a computer. The system detects an attempt by an update process to execute on the computer and retrieves information about authorized category of software programs to determine whether the detected update process is authorized. When the update process is authorized, the system (i) designates the update process as trusted process, (ii) allows the update process to download on the computer an update object, (iii) and designates the update object as a trusted object. The system then detects an attempt by an installation process to install the update object, and determines from the policy whether the detected installation process is associated to authorized category and related to the trusted update process. When the installation process authorized and related to the trusted update process, the system allows the trusted installation process to install the trusted update object.


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