A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPAM, VIRUS, AND SPYWARE SCANNING IN A DATA NETWORK

摘要

A method and system for spam, virus, and spyware scanning in a data network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a data packet. A character sequence is created by a first processor from a binary representation of the data packet. The character sequence is sent to a coprocessor. A malware keyword database is scanned for the character sequence with the coprocessor. The character sequence is further processed if the malware keyword database contains the character sequence.