System and method for efficiently managing computer virus definitions using a structured virus database

摘要

A system and method for efficiently managing computer virus definitions using a structured virus database are described. One or more virus definition records are stored in a structured virus database. Each virus definition record includes an identifier uniquely identifying a computer virus, at least one virus name associated with the computer virus, a virus definition sentence including object code providing operations to detect the identified computer virus within a computer system, and a virus removal sentence including object code providing operations to clean the identified computer virus from the computer system. The virus definition records in the structured virus database are accessed indexed by the identifier and the at least one virus name for each virus definition record. The object code of the virus definition sentence and the virus removal sentence for each accessed virus definition record is interpreted.