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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2004
John Millard, Pasadena, CA (US);
Cassio Goldschmidt, Los Angeles, CA (US);
John Millard, Pasadena, CA (US);
Cassio Goldschmidt, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for rapidly traversing movable storage media during file content examination for malicious computer code. An embodiment of the inventive method comprises the steps of: accessing an enumerated list of electronic files () stored on a movable storage medium (); identifying at least one batch of electronic files () stored on the movable storage medium (); associating each electronic file stored on the movable storage medium () within the batch of electronic files with a physical file location on the movable storage medium (); creating a sorted list electronic files by the file's physical location on the movable storage medium (); and examining the identified batch of electronic files on the movable storage medium () according to the sorted list ().