Patent ID: 6401210
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a processing system, a method of managing virus infected files comprising:obtaining, from a user of the processing system, a selected option for handling a virus infected file; scanning files of the processing system and detecting a virus infected file; when the selected option comprises moving the virus infected file to a virus file repository, automatically and without user interaction performing: copying the entire contents of the virus infected file to a first file in the virus file repository, wherein the automatic copying of the virus infected file to the virus file repository is implemented as a scan option in a local area network-based anti-virus process; scrambling contents of the first file during the copy operation, such that the first file is inoperable and no longer accessible by the user of the processing system; storing the first file in the virus file repository for subsequent recovery; and deleting the virus infected file from the processing system.