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Secure storage tracking for anti-virus speed-up

  • US 20060021032A1
  • Filed: 07/20/2004
  • Published: 01/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • querying a security subsystem to trustfully determine whether an area of a storage device has been written to since a last scan, wherein the security subsystem includes a trusted variable and wherein the determination avails trust through a reference to the trusted variable by the security subsystem; and

    scanning the area for an identifier of undesirable code in response to a trusted determination from said query that the area has been written to since the last scan.

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