Patent ID: 7660797
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for scanning a file stored on a computer that has been infected by malware and that has restrictive access attributes that were set by the malware to prevent the file from being scanned, the method comprising: attempting to scan a file on a computer with a malware scanner that has administrator privileges to access files on the computer; receiving an indication that the file cannot be scanned because of one or more restrictive access attributes of the file that were set by malware that has infected the file, the one or more restrictive access attributes preventing the malware scanner from scanning the file because of the malware scanner's administrator privileges, wherein the one or more restrictive access attributes comprise at least one of the following: bypassing the one or more restrictive access attributes to scan the file, wherein bypassing the one or more restrictive attributes comprises the following: scanning the file to identify the malware.