Patent ID: 10061926

Abstract:
A method and system for unlocking and deleting a file or a folder. The method for unlocking the file or the folder comprises: receiving an unlock request of a file or a folder, wherein the unlock request includes an input parameter; verifying whether the input parameter complies with a preset condition; if the input parameter complies with the preset condition, correcting a deformed path format of the file or the folder and/or the special file name of the file or the special folder name of the folder according to a preset rule; determining whether restrictive setting of the corrected file or folder is present; and if yes, cleaning the restrictive setting of the file or the folder. The embodiments of the present invention relieves layer by layer the protections arranged by files infected with a virus by employing a plurality of means such as removing the read-only lock, removing the routine lock, adding the authority and closing the handle, thereby increasing the confrontation capacity of a security software against a malignant program.