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System and method for directly accessing data from a data storage medium

  • US 7,565,695 B2
  • Filed: 04/12/2005
  • Issued: 07/21/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for scanning files on a protected computer for pestware, the method comprising:

  • identifying a location of each of at least a first file, a second file, and a third file on a file storage device of the protected computer;

    sorting a listing of the first, second, and third files in accordance with their respective physical locations on the storage device to generate a sorted list;

    retrieving, while circumventing an operating system of the protected computer, information from the first, second, and third files by directly and sequentially accessing the first, second, and third files in the order the first, second, and third files are listed in the sorted list;

    analyzing the information from the first, second, and third files to determine whether or not each of the first, second, and third files is a potential pestware file; and

    reporting results of the analyzing to a user.

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