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Abstract

A method and apparatus for disinfecting an infected electronic file in a file system. A file system is scanned using an anti-virus application to identify the infected electronic file. Once the infected file has been identified, information identifying the infected electronic file is sent to a remote node, which queries a database storing a plurality commonly used electronic files to determine whether a clean version of the electronic file is stored at the database. If so, then all or part of the clean version of the infected electronic file is sent from the remote node, and used to replace all or part of the electronic file stored in the file system.

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