1

A method comprising:receiving a request from an application to load a first loadable object into memory;

calculating a first signature value for the first loadable object; and

loading the first loadable object into memory if the first signature value matches one of a plurality of signature values, each of the plurality of signature values being associated with a distinct loadable object.

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2

The method of Claim 1, wherein the first signature value matches one of the plurality of signature values if the first loadable object is an unmodified one of the plurality of distinct loadable objects.

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3

The method of Claim 1, further comprising:if the first signature value does not match one of the plurality of signature values, notifying a user that the first loadable object cannot be loaded.

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4

The method of Claim 3, further comprising:generating a log of loadable objects that failed to load.

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5

The method of Claim 1, wherein the first loadable object is at least one of a program, an application dynamic link library (dll), and a device driver.

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6

The method of Claim 1, further comprising:calculating the plurality of signature values.

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7

The method of Claim 1, further comprising:storing the plurality of signature values in a storage device.

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8

The method of Claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of signature values is one of a cyclic redundancy check, a checksum, and a cryptographic hash of a loadable object.

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9

A machine-accessible storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method, comprising:receiving a request from an application to load a first loadable object into memory;

calculating a first signature value for the first loadable object; and

loading the first loadable object into memory if the first signature value matches one of a plurality of signature values, each of the plurality of signature values being associated with a distinct loadable object.

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10

The machine-accessible storage medium of Claim 9, wherein the first signature value matches one of the plurality of signature values if the first loadable object is an unmodified one of the plurality of distinct loadable objects.

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