Patent ID: 8601581

Claim:
A computerized method for removing malware from a non-volatile storage of a computer, the non-volatile storage containing an infected operating system having a normal shell and a second shell, the computerized method comprising: a) 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 reboot into the second shell; and b) the second shell of the infected operating system performing the following steps after reboot: i) for each of a plurality of malware removal applications: (1) installing the malware removal application onto the non-volatile storage on the computer, (2) running the malware removal application in the second shell, the malware removal application removing the malware infecting the infected operating system, and (3) 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.