Kaspersky Patents Hardware-Based Antivirus
The U.S. patent office has approved an application from Kaspersky Labs today for a hardware based antivirus solution. Supposedly the new hardware-implemented AV module can't be bypassed by rootkits and has its own CPU and memory.
The U.S. patent office has approved an application from Kaspersky Labs today for a hardware based antivirus solution. Supposedly the new hardware-implemented AV module can't be bypassed by rootkits and has its own CPU and memory.
An anti-virus (AV) system based on a hardware-implemented AV module for curing infected computer systems and a method for updating AV databases for effective curing of the computer system. The hardware-based AV system is located between a PC and a disk device. The hardware-based AV system can be implemented as a separate device or it can be integrated into a disk controller. An update method of the AV databases uses a two-phase approach. First, the updates are transferred to from a trusted utility to an update sector of the AV system. Then, the updates are verified within the AV system and the AV databases are updated. The AV system has its own CPU and memory and can be used in combination with AV application.
