Malware scanning as a low priority task

Details Malware scanning as a low priority task Malware scanning as a low priority task

2001-10-15

2008-03-04

Vu, Kim (Department: 2135)

Information security

Monitoring or scanning of software or data including attack...

C726S023000, C726S024000, C726S025000, C713S188000, C709S224000, C709S229000

Reexamination Certificate

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07340774

ABSTRACT:
A malware scanner2operates as a low priority task within a multi-tasking environment. A pending scan database14is maintained storing details of computer files that have been written to a data storage device6, but have not yet been scanned. The scanner2operates to subsequently scan these computer files for malware at which point they are removed from the pending scan database14and added to the scanned file database16.

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