摘要 |
A method and system for associating one or more pestware-related indications with a file on a computer-readable storage medium of a computer is described. One embodiment acquires pestware-related information about the file and alters an existing value of at least one attribute stored in association with the file on the computer-readable storage medium and generated by an operating system of the computer so as to provide at least one pestware-related indication about the file based on the acquired pestware-related information, the at least one pestware-related indication being usable by an anti-pestware application in determining whether subsequently to scan the file for pestware.
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