Patent ID: 7930749
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of testing digital objects stored on a non-volatile storage medium for a predefined data pattern corresponding to a virus definition, comprising: for each one of a plurality of digital objects, storing a predetermined select portion of said each one digital object into a common data structure; reading the predetermined select portion of a given object from the common data structure, said given object being among said plurality of digital objects, testing the predetermined select portion as read from the common data structure, wherein said testing comprises testing a representation of said given object, wherein said representation comprises said predetermined select portion of the given object as read from said common data structure, wherein said testing determines whether content of said predetermined select portion of said given object corresponds to the predefined pattern, and wherein said predefined pattern corresponds to a virus definition; and passing the representation to an antivirus module which executes said testing, said antivirus module being passed and testing said representation instead of a corresponding actual object from which the predetermined select portion is derived.