COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING EXECUTION OF VIRUSES AND MALWARE

摘要

Preventing execution of viruses or malware on a computing device includes compiling an inventory recordation of legitimate applications and terminating execution of any application not on the inventory recordation while in a protected mode. An instantaneous and unprompted inventory recordation known as a “snapshot” can be performed by the computer program. A user may further train the computer program to identify legitimate applications routinely accessed by the user and to be updated to the inventory recordation, such that the inventory recordation is personal to the user. After training, the protected mode can be activated. A smart icon graphical user interface is utilized, that automatically toggles between locked and unlocked depending on if the computing device is at risk or not, to place the computing device in a protected or unprotected mode.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
compiling, by a processor of a computer, a listing of processes approved for execution by the processor while a protected mode of the computer is activated; receiving, by the processor, a request to execute a network application; activating, by the processor, the protected mode in response to receiving the request to execute the network application; executing, by the processor, the network application; receiving, by the processor, a request to execute a process that is different than the network application while the protected mode is activated; determining, by the processor, whether the process is among the listing of processes approved for execution by the processor while the protected mode is activated; in response to determining that the process is among the listing of processes approved for execution by the processor while the protected mode is activated, executing, by the processor, the process while the protected mode is activated; and in response to determining that the process is not among the listing of processes approved for execution by the processor while the protected mode is activated, denying, by the processor, execution of the process while the protected mode is activated.