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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2013
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Hari Pulapaka, Redmond, WA (US);
Nicholas S. Judge, Bellevue, WA (US);
Arun U. Kishan, Bellevue, WA (US);
James A. Schwartz, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Kinshumann Kinshumann, Redmond, WA (US);
David J. Linsley, Seattle, WA (US);
Niraj V. Majmudar, Renton, WA (US);
Scott D. Anderson, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Anti-malware process protection techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an anti-malware driver is signed using a hash that identifies a manufacturer of the anti-malware driver. The anti-malware driver is then provided to a computing device. The anti-malware driver may be assigned a protection level based on an agreement between the anti-malware manufacturer and an operating system manufacturer, and this protection level effects the operation of the anti-malware program on the computing device.