Patent ID: 9654982
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer usable program product comprising a computer readable storage device including computer usable code for protecting data of a mobile device, the computer usable code comprising: computer usable code for causing, using a processor at a data processing system, the data processing system being distinct from the mobile device, the mobile device to switch from a first mode to a second mode, wherein the second mode of the mobile device (i) enables the data processing system to download data from the mobile device, the data being located in a memory area of the mobile device that is used for rendering a graphical display of the data on a screen in the mobile device, and the data remaining to be displayed on the screen, and (ii) temporarily disables a function of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device resumes the function when the data processing system resets the mobile device from the second mode to the first mode; computer usable code for modifying, at the data processing system, and responsive to detecting a malware from a set of malware in the data, the data to form a modified screen data, wherein the modifying removes the malware from the data; and computer usable code for causing, from the data processing system, the modified screen data to be written to the memory area of the mobile device that is used for rendering the graphical display of the data on the screen of the mobile device.