Pre-emptive malware scanning of user specified operating system 10, 12 defined storage locations is performed to establish whether those storage locations contain any malware containing computer files. If the storage locations are malware-free, then they are classified as clean storage locations and...http://www.google.com/patents/US20030120952?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20030120952 - Malware scanning to create clean storage locations