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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Stephane G. Plante, Kirkland, WA (US);
Adam Gabriel Poulos, Bothell, WA (US);
Stephane G. Plante, Kirkland, WA (US);
Adam Gabriel Poulos, Bothell, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The exploitation of rolling back a system configuration to a previous system configuration is prevented by querying the update status of the system and comparing the received response with an expected response. If the comparison indicates that the update version of the system is older than the expected update version, the system is determined to have been rolled back. Accordingly, appropriate action is taken, such as sending a warning to the system, stopping the system from operating, disabling selected features, disconnecting the system from a network, banning the system from future connections to the network, and/or installing an update. The query can include a request for update version numbers of updates, times when updates were applied, predetermined questions, and an indication of the system (e.g., machine serial number, unique ID value).