Patent ID: 7383569
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for preventing hostile use of computer resources by an application running on a workstation, comprising: providing, on a workstation, a pre-set list of applications permitted to run on the workstation and a list of one or more computer resources on the workstation that are not accessible to unspecified applications; providing a filter on the workstation for receiving internal requests for computer resources resident on the workstation; receiving at the filter a request for access generated by an unspecified application downloaded to the workstation from a source external to the workstation, the request for access identifying a computer resource resident on the workstation to which the unspecified application seeks access; determining, by the filter on the workstation, that the unspecified application is not identifiable in the pre-set list of applications; determining, by the filter on the workstation, whether the requested computer resource is on the list of one or more computer resources that are not accessible to unspecified applications; allowing access to the requested computer resource if the requested computer resource is not on the list of one or more computer resources that are not accessible to unspecified applications; and preventing access to the requested computer resource if the requested computer resource is on the list of one or more computer resources that are not accessible to unspecified applications.