Preventing virus infection in a computer system

Details Preventing virus infection in a computer system Preventing virus infection in a computer system

2007-11-06

2007-11-06

Arani, Taghi (Department: 2139)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Computer virus detection by cryptography

C713S189000, C713S190000, C726S022000, C726S024000, C712S200000, C712S204000, C712S205000, C712S208000, C712S214000, C712S216000

Reexamination Certificate

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10485820

ABSTRACT:
A method of preventing an electronic file containing a computer virus from infecting a computer system using the Symbian™ operating system, the method comprising the steps of scanning files using an anti-virus application, and if an infected file is identified, maintaining the file in an open non-sharing state, whereby other applications running on the computer system may not operate on an infected file.

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