System for virus-checking network data during download to a client device
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMichael Man-Hak Tso, Bikram Singh Bakshi
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Abstract
A system for virus checking a data object to be downloaded to a client device is implemented in a method including the steps of retrieving a data object to be downloaded, scanning the data object for a computer virus, and downloading the data object to the client device if no computer virus is detected.
Claims21
A method for virus checking a data object to be downloaded to a client device, said method being implemented on a network device coupled to the client device by a communications link, said method comprising the steps of:
- retrieving a data object to be downloaded to the client device;
- scanning the data object for a computer virus;
- and
- downloading the data object to the client device if no computer virus is detected, wherein the data object is segmented into a series of contiguous portions, said retrieving, scanning and downloading steps being performed for each of said contiguous portions.
A network device for virus checking a data object to be downloaded to a client device, said network device comprising a computer programmed to:
- retrieve a data object to be downloaded to the client device;
- scan the data object for a computer virus;
- and
- download the data object to the client device if no computer virus is detected, wherein the data object is segmented into a series of contiguous portions, said retrieval, scan and download being performed for each of said contiguous portions.
A storage medium containing a set of instructions for execution by a network device coupled to a client device, said set of instructions comprising instructions for:
- retrieving a data object to be downloaded to the client device;
- scanning the data object for a computer virus;
- and
- downloading the data object to the client device if no computer virus is detected, wherein the data object is segmented into a series of contiguous portions, said retrieving, scanning and downloading being performed for each of said contiguous portions.
A system for virus checking network data, said system comprising a client device coupled to a network device by a communications link, wherein said network device is programmed to retrieve a data object to be downloaded to the client device, scan the data object for a computer virus, and download the data object to the client device if no computer virus is detected, the data object being segmented into a series of contiguous portions, with the retrieval, scan and download being performed for each of the contiguous portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.