摘要 |
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of scanning a computer device in order to detect potential malware when an operating system running on the computer device prevents applications installed on the device from accessing installed files of other applications installed on the device. The method includes the steps of detecting installation of an application on the device, identifying one or more installation files that are required to perform the installation of the application, and performing a malware scan of the identified installation files and/or information obtained from the installation files. |