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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2009
Nandi Dharma Kishore, Karnataka, IN;
Anil Bhadrarajapura Ramabhatta, Karnataka, IN;
Harinath Vishwanath Ramchetty, Karnataka, IN;
Nandi Dharma Kishore, Karnataka, IN;
Anil Bhadrarajapura Ramabhatta, Karnataka, IN;
Harinath Vishwanath Ramchetty, Karnataka, IN;
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for responding to an attempt to disable a malware protection program and performing an identification process and one or more protection processes to prevent the execution of potentially malicious code. In one aspect, a method includes monitoring for attempts to disable a malware protection program, identifying a process that generated an attempt to disable the malware protection program, determining whether the process is an approved process, and in response, performing one or more protection processes on the process so as to prevent the execution of potentially malicious code.