CPC G06F 11/3409 (2013.01) [G06F 11/076 (2013.01); G06F 11/0706 (2013.01); G06F 11/0757 (2013.01); G06F 11/3075 (2013.01); G06F 11/328 (2013.01); G06F 11/3419 (2013.01); G06F 11/3051 (2013.01); G06F 2201/865 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method of monitoring an operating state of a computing device, the method comprising:
running a system agent on the computing device;
executing a low-level process on the computing device;
capturing a time taken to execute the low-level process, wherein the time taken to execute the low-level process is indicative of an impact on the system agent and/or the low-level process caused by interaction between the system agent and the low-level process;
comparing the captured time to a pre-determined time; and
where the captured time differs from the pre-determined time by more than a pre-determined threshold, outputting a signal indicative of a change in operating state of the computing device.
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