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Method and system for unlocking and deleting file and folder

US10061926B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 17, 2015
Grant dateAug 28, 2018
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/56
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for unlocking and deleting a file or a folder. The method for unlocking the file or the folder comprises: receiving an unlock request of a file or a folder, wherein the unlock request includes an input parameter; verifying whether the input parameter complies with a preset condition; if the input parameter complies with the preset condition, correcting a deformed path format of the file or the folder and/or the special file name of the file or the special folder name of the folder according to a preset rule; determining whether restrictive setting of the corrected file or folder is present; and if yes, cleaning the restrictive setting of the file or the folder. The embodiments of the present invention relieves layer by layer the protections arranged by files infected with a virus by employing a plurality of means such as removing the read-only lock, removing the routine lock, adding the authority and closing the handle, thereby increasing the confrontation capacity of a security software against a malignant program.

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