The USPTO has approved an application from Kaspersky Labs for a hardware based antivirus solution. This new hardware-implemented anti-virus (AV) module has its own CPU and memory and can effectively combat rootkits. Kaspersky Lab is a leading developer of secure content management solutions.
The patent was registered by the USPTO on 2 February, 2010. The patented technology was developed by Oleg Zaitsev, a senior technology expert at Kaspersky Lab. The technology uses a hardware-based antivirus to deactivate malicious programs that store themselves or infect files on a computer’s hard drive. The patented antivirus program examines data that is written to the hard disk, identifying and blocking the malicious programs.
The patented device is installed between a drive (hard drive or SSD) and the computing unit (CPU and RAM) and is connected to the system bus or integrated into the disk controller. This anti-virus system, which has its own CPU and memory, can also be used in combination with other AV applications.
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