PROVIDING SECURITY FOR A VIRTUAL MACHINE BY SELECTIVELY TRIGGERING A HOST SECURITY SCAN

PROVIDING SECURITY FOR A VIRTUAL MACHINE BY SELECTIVELY TRIGGERING A HOST SECURITY SCAN

The disclosed embodiments provide a system that protects an application from malware on a host system. During operation, the system receives a command to commence execution of the application on the host system. In response to the command, the system causes a security scan to be performed on the hos...

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Hauptverfasser: IANNUCCI, JR. ROBERT A, LINGA PRAKASH, TOMA BURT A, SAPUNTZAKIS CONSTANTINE P, GANTI PHANINDRA V. R
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:The disclosed embodiments provide a system that protects an application from malware on a host system. During operation, the system receives a command to commence execution of the application on the host system. In response to the command, the system causes a security scan to be performed on the host system to detect malware, wherein the malware can compromise the security of the application. The system also restricts one or more operations associated with the application until the security scan successfully completes.