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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2010
Bryan C. Griffin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vidyanand N. Rajpathak, Redmond, WA (US);
Chengi Jimmy Kuo, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Igal Figlin, Redmond, WA (US);
Bryan C. Griffin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vidyanand N. Rajpathak, Redmond, WA (US);
Chengi Jimmy Kuo, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Igal Figlin, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The subject disclosure is directed towards protecting against malware, by classifying a user's risk level, which corresponds to a likelihood of malware being activated. To make the classification, data is collected that represents a probability of encountering malware, a probability of a user activating that malware, and the impact to the machine is activated. The classification maps to a protection level, which may be dynamically adjustable, e.g., based upon current risk conditions. The protection level determines a way to mitigate possible damage, such as by running a program as a virtualized program, running a virtualized operating system, or sandboxing a process.