Patent ID: 8266692

Claim:
A computerized method for removing malware from a computer operating an operating system infected with the malware that provides a user interface with network services, the computerized method comprising: a) accessing non-volatile storage of the computer, the non-volatile storage containing the infected operating system including a normal shell of the infected operating system and a second shell of the infected operating system; b) initiating a malware removal process application while in the normal shell of the infected operating system, the malware removal process application causing the computer to automatically perform the following steps: i) downloading updates for a plurality of malware removal applications; ii) rebooting the computer into the second shell of the infected operating system; c) the second shell of the infected operating system automatically performing the following steps after reboot: i) for each of the malware removal applications, sequentially performing the following steps: (1) installing the malware removal application from a removable computer readable medium onto the non-volatile storage on the computer, (2) updating the malware removal applications using the updates previously downloaded, (3) running the malware removal application in the second shell, the malware removal application removing the malware infecting the infected operating system, (4) uninstalling the malware removal application from the non-volatile storage on the computer; and ii) rebooting the computer back into the normal shell of the previously infected operating system.