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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Nivedhitha Raman, Santa Monica, CA (US);
David Kane, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Sonia Subramanian, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Wilson Meng, Culver City, CA (US);
Nivedhitha Raman, Santa Monica, CA (US);
David Kane, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Sonia Subramanian, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Wilson Meng, Culver City, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for repairing system files may include 1) identifying a request to repair a corrupted system file in an operating system, 2) receiving file metadata describing the corrupted system file and system metadata describing the operating system, 3) identifying an uncorrupted version of the corrupted system file by i) identifying a series of matching tests for matching the corrupted system file with the uncorrupted version, the series of matching tests including at least one file metadata item from the file metadata and at least one system metadata item from the system metadata, and ii) applying the series of matching tests in a predetermined order to a database of uncorrupted system files until a matching test matches the corrupted system file with the uncorrupted version of the system file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.