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Virus scanning of input/output traffic of a computer system

  • US 20050216759A1
  • Filed: 03/29/2004
  • Published: 09/29/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method, comprising:

  • initializing a virus scanner during a pre-boot phase of a computer system;

    scrubbing data read from an input/output (I/O) device of the computer system by the virus scanner using a virus signature database before the data is loaded; and

    enacting a platform policy if a virus is detected in the data.

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