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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
May. 25, 2010
Applicant:
Pavel Turbin, Jokela, FI;
Inventor:
Pavel Turbin, Jokela, FI;
Assignee:
F-Secure Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/566 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of scanning a computer system for malware. The method includes determining when an application being executed on the computer system is attempting to open a file, adding data written to the open file by the application into a malware scanner queue, and ensuring that the application has been notified that the file has been closed before scanning the queued file data to determine if it relates to potential malware.