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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2006
Richard Gregory Bednar, Johnson City, NY (US);
Jing-tan T. Chen, Binghamton, NY (US);
Baraa Kahf, Davis, CA (US);
Gautam Majumdar, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Richard Gregory Bednar, Johnson City, NY (US);
Jing-Tan T. Chen, Binghamton, NY (US);
Baraa Kahf, Davis, CA (US);
Gautam Majumdar, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A file attachment processing method and system. The method comprises generating by a first computing system, a configurable list comprising valid computer file types for computer files. The valid computer file types for the computer files comprising a low risk for comprising computer viruses. The first computing system comprises a memory device. The first computing system stores the configurable list in the memory device. The first computing system receives a computer file comprising a first file type. The first computing system compares the first file type to the list to determine if the first file type comprises a valid file type from the first list.