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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2006
Applicant:
Amitava Hazra, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Amitava Hazra, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for protecting computer systems from a virus are disclosed. For example, the present method protects against a class of computer viruses that replicate themselves by making use of the knowledge that a specific piece of software code or data component that always resides at a specific relative memory location in RAM for all instances of the software. In one embodiment, the present method divides a software application into a plurality of components and creates distinct copies of the software application by varying the locations of the components when loaded onto a computer system.