Patent ID: 8590016
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer apparatus for removing a malicious code, comprising: a microprocessor coupled to a memory having stored thereon: a file-type determining module for checking a type of a file; an open and save-as module for opening the file by using an application associated with the file and saving the opened file as a new file such that upon saving the opened file as the new file a malicious code inserted into the file is removed, when the file is a document file, wherein the application is the most upgraded version of the application employing the latest patch; an exception monitoring module for monitoring an operation of the open and save-as module and determining that there is an exception when the open and save-as module fails to open the file or save it as a new file; and a reporting module for reporting detection of a malicious code in the file to a user, when the exception monitoring module determines that there is an exception, further comprising: an image format converting module for opening and saving an image file as a new file after converting the file into a different file format to remove a malicious code inserted into the file, when the file is an image file.