Hardware Antivirus patent awarded

We often recommend Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 as the antivirus protection software to put on our customers’ computers. We were excited to read online that Kaspersky Labs (a Russian based company) was awarded the patent for a hardware antivirus device that keeps computers secure by attaching directly to the disk drive.

What is this mystery device?

“An anti-virus (AV) system based on a hardware-implemented AV module for curing infected computer systems and a method for updating AV databases for effective curing of the computer system. The hardware-based AV system is located between a PC and a disk device. The hardware-based AV system can be implemented as a separate device or it can be integrated into a disk controller. An update method of the AV databases uses a two-phase approach. First, the updates are transferred from a trusted utility to an update sector of the AV system. Then, the updates are verified within the AV system and the AV databases are updated. The AV system has its own CPU and memory can be used in combination with AV application.”  (PC Mag)

I think this sounds pretty cool and much more exciting than the current antivirus protection that is on the market.