Patent ID: 8640235
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of determining if one or more entities in a data storage medium of a processing system are malicious, wherein the method comprises: determining, by a processor, a level of available operating usage of at least one part of a processing system; determining, by the processor, whether the level of available operating usage of the at least one part of the processing system falls within a predetermined range of operating usage; scanning one or more entities in the data storage medium when the level of available operating usage of the at least one part of the processing system falls within the predetermined range of operating usage, wherein the one or more entities are scanned to determine properties of the one or more entities; suspending the scan of the one or more entities at a first location in the data storage medium when the level of available operating usage exits the predetermined range of operating usage; storing data indicating the first location in memory; and resuming the scan of the one or more entities at the first location in the data storage medium when the level of available operating usage re-enters the predetermined range of operating usage.