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Anti-malware scanning in a virtualized file system environment

US8065730B1 · kind B1 · utility

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3References

17Claims

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Assignee

Symantec Corporation · US

Inventors

William E. Sobel · Jamul, US
Mark Kennedy · Redondo Beach, US
Adam Glick · Culver City, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 2008
Grant date	Nov 22, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 27, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

A computer includes a file system that supports virtualization. A scanning module identifies a file to be scanned for malware and a virtualized file detection module determines whether the file is virtualized. A file retrieval module locates a virtualized version of the file if the file is determined to be virtualized, and a malware detection module determines whether the virtualized version of the file contains malware. If malware is found, the malware detection module takes remedial action to address any security threat posed by the malware.

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