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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2010
Constantine P. Sapuntzakis, Mountain View, CA (US);
Burt A. Toma, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Phanindra V. R. Ganti, Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert A. Iannucci, Jr., Redwood City, CA (US);
Prakash Linga, San Carlos, CA (US);
Constantine P. Sapuntzakis, Mountain View, CA (US);
Burt A. Toma, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Phanindra V. R. Ganti, Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert A. Iannucci, Jr., Redwood City, CA (US);
Prakash Linga, San Carlos, CA (US);
Moka5, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that protects an application from malware on a host system. During operation, the system receives a command to commence execution of the application on the host system. In response to the command, the system causes a security scan to be performed on the host system to detect malware, wherein the malware can compromise the security of the application. The system also restricts one or more operations associated with the application until the security scan successfully completes.