Wipro Limited
Method and system for protecting computing devices from malwares

Abstract:

This disclosure relates method and system for protecting a computing device from a malware. In one embodiment, the method may include determining a digital trust certificate of a set of computing instructions to be executed by the computing device. The set of computing instructions may form a part of a boot process of the computing device, and may be a firmware, a boot loader, a kernel, a system driver, a start-up file, or an antimalware. The method may further include establishing a chain of trust by validating the digital trust certificate with the computing device. The digital trust certificate may be pre-registered with a local database, accessible by the computing device, by communicating with a centralized certificate authority and policy server. Upon a positive establishment of the chain of trust, the method may further include allowing an execution of the set of computing instructions by the computing device.