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In transit detection of computer virus with safeguard

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  • US 5,319,776 A
  • Filed: 09/29/1992
  • Issued: 06/07/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a system for transferring digital data for storage in a computer storage medium, a method of screening the data as it is being transferred and automatically inhibiting the storage of screened data containing at least one predefined sequence, comprising the steps of:

  • causing a quantity of digital data resident on a source storage medium to be transferred to a computer system having a destination storage medium;

    receiving and screening the transferred digital data prior to storage on the destination storage medium to determine if at least one of a plurality of predefined sequences are present in the digital data received; and

    in response to said screening step;

    (a) automatically causing the screened digital data to be stored on said destination storage medium if none of the plurality of predefined sequences are present, and(b) automatically inhibiting the screened digital data from being stored on said destination storage medium if at least one predefined sequence is present.

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