Patent ID: 9003525
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of limiting exploitable applications in an operating system, the method being implemented by a computer system that includes one or more physical processors programmed with one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising: obtaining, by the computer system, at least a first operating system, the first operating system including (i) a first application that provides a function that is exploitable to compromise the first operating system and (ii) a second application that is exploitable to compromise the first operating system; disabling, by the computer system, the first application such that the function provided by the first application will not be available via the first operating system when the first operating system is executed, wherein the first application is disabled based on a determination that the first application is not necessary for functioning of the first operating system, and wherein the second application is not disabled based on a determination that the second application is necessary for the functioning of the first operating system; and causing, by the computer system, the first operating system to be executed after the first application is disabled such that the function provided by the first application is not available for use and is not exploitable to compromise the first operating system.