Patent ID: 8621633
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G06F,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising: detecting an attempt to set a short-range communication mode of the mobile terminal without input from a user; shutting down the detected attempt to set a short-range communication mode; saving, in a quarantine area a file corresponding to the attempt to set the short-range communication mode; detecting an attempt to switch from one operating mode to another operating mode without a user's permission; shutting down the detected attempt to switch from one operating mode to another operating mode; saving, in the quarantine area, a file corresponding to the attempt to switch from one operating mode to another operating mode; detecting that more than a predetermined number of messages are being generated at the mobile terminal; blocking transmission of messages from the mobile terminal when more than the predetermined number of messages are detected; saving, in the quarantine area, a file corresponding to the messages being generated; performing a virus scan on the plurality of saved files in the quarantine area; classifying each of the saved plurality of files into one of a safe file, an infection-suspicious file or an infected file based on a result of the performing of the virus scan; displaying a plurality of icons corresponding to the saved plurality of files in a quarantine display window, the plurality of icons being classified into three types of icons according to a type of the saved plurality of files; executing a predetermined operation according to a type of a file corresponding to a touched and dragged icon when one of the plurality of icons is touched and dragged out of the quarantine display window, wherein executing the predetermined operation comprises: executing a safe file when an icon corresponding to the safe file is touched and dragged out of the quarantine display window, displaying a message regarding whether to execute the infection-suspicious file when an icon corresponding to an infection-suspicious file is touched and dragged out of the quarantine display window, and displaying a message regarding whether to delete the infected file when an icon corresponding to an infected file is touched and dragged out of the quarantine display window.