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COMPUTER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING UNTRUSTED CONTENT

  • US 20150150126A1
  • Filed: 10/21/2014
  • Published: 05/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for isolating untrusted content on a computer device, the method comprising:

  • intercepting a task from a primary user account prior to execution of the task by the computer device, wherein the task relates to an untrusted content;

    provisioning a task isolation environment for executing the task, including (i) programmatically creating a secondary user account on the computer device, (ii) determining a network drive which is mapped in the primary user account, and (iii) recreating the network drive in the secondary user account by mapping the network drive into the secondary user account;

    executing the task in the task isolation environment in relation to the untrusted content;

    intercepting by an agent a file access request by the task in relation to the mapped network drive of the secondary user account; and

    determining by the agent whether to allow or deny the file access request by the task in relation to the mapped network drive of the secondary user account.

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