SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC MODIFICATION OF ANTIVIRUS DATABASE Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G06F21/56 

FIELD: physics, computer engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to optimisation of antivirus scanning. A method of updating information in an antivirus database by creating an antivirus list in the antivirus database, the antivirus list corresponding to a new type of object, comprises steps of: storing a list of types of objects containing distinctive features for determining types of objects, and antivirus lists divided according to type of objects and containing antivirus records for corresponding types of objects; determining the type of an obtained object for subsequent selection of an antivirus list for antivirus scanning of the object; performing antivirus scanning of the obtained object for content of malicious code using the antivirus list corresponding to the determined type of object, and forming scan results; analysing the scan results to identify objects whose type was determined as unknown; updating the antivirus database by adding distinctive features of the identified type of at least one object to the list of types of objects and creating an antivirus list corresponding to the identified type of object, wherein said lists do not contain antivirus records.

EFFECT: faster antivirus scanning.

22 cl, 7 dwg