Patent ID: 7143113

Claim:
A method for securing computer files comprising: generating a secure system data file, creating a first hash value for a first file, said first file having file contents, wherein said first hash value is comprised of the contents of said first file, and arranging said first hash value with a respective first file's name; storing said secure system file; and, comparing said secure system file to a comparison file in a comparison cycle, wherein said comparison file further comprises at least a second file, and wherein said comparison cycle further comprises hashing contents of said second file, generating a second hash value, and sending said second hash value and its respective second file's name to a comparison component, whereby said second file hash value is compared to said first file hash value, wherein records in the secure system data file have a one-to-one correspondence with the contents of a respective file, a respective file name, and the hash value of the contents of the respective file name.