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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Anil Francis Thomas, Redmond, WA (US);
Adrian M. Marinescu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ajith Kumar, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan M. Keller, Redmond, WA (US);
Omer Ben Bassat, Redmond, WA (US);
Anil Francis Thomas, Redmond, WA (US);
Adrian M. Marinescu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ajith Kumar, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan M. Keller, Redmond, WA (US);
Omer Ben Bassat, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described herein that are capable of selectively scanning objects for infection by malware (i.e., to determine whether one or more of the objects are infected by malware). For instance, metadata that is associated with the objects may be reviewed to determine whether update(s) have been made with regard to the objects since a determination was made that the objects were not infected by malware. An update may involve increasing a number of the objects, modifying one of the objects, etc. Objects that have been updated (e.g., added and/or modified) since the determination may be scanned. Objects that have not been updated since the determination need not necessarily be scanned. For instance, an allowance may be made to perform operations with respect to the objects that have not been updated since the determination without first scanning the objects for infection by malware.