PREDICTING THE ACTIONS AND EVALUATING THE RISK OF A SOFTWARE INSTALL PROGRAM

摘要

Provided are techniques for predicting the actions and evaluating the risk of a software install program including downloading a software installation program on a computing system, wherein execution of the software installation program installs a computing product on the computing system; disassembling the software installation program to produce a plurality of lines of instructions; analyzing each line of the plurality of lines or instructions to identify potential modifications to the computing system associated with the program; generating a report detailing the potential modifications to the computing system; and displaying the report so that a user may evaluate an impact of the potential modifications to the computing system in the event the software installation program is executed.