Patent ID: 8010799
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: invoking, by an operating system (OS) loader of a system, a file system handler before loading files associated with an OS on the system during a system; upon invocation, accessing, by the file system handler during a pre-boot phase, files associated with the OS; scanning, by a pre-boot virus scanner during the pre-boot phase, the files accessed by the file system handler, wherein the scanning includes determining by the pre-boot virus scanner whether the scanned files comprise one or more infected files that are infected with one or more viruses before attempting to load one or more infected files into a memory; loading, by the OS loader, one or more of the files associated with the OS that have not been determined by the pre-boot virus scanner to be infected with one or more viruses, to transition the system into a boot phase; wherein the OS loader, the pre-boot virus scanner, and the file system handler are operated by a hardware processor of the system.