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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2014
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Sermet Iskin, Issaquah, WA (US);
Axel Andrejs, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yunus Kilic, Redmond, WA (US);
Joshua W. Dunn, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described for checking the integrity of applications installed on a computing device and preventing the launch of applications that appear to have been tampered with or modified. In accordance with embodiments, the content of an application is validated at the time the application is to be launched, but before the launch has actually occurred. In accordance with additional embodiments, integrity protection can also be extended to content that is generated by an application (e.g., documents or other files generated by the application), thereby enabling applications to write their own files and data with the same degree of integrity protection.