KR20030087861A - Remote Controller for Remedy of Computer Virus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a remote control device for computer virus treatment that can treat a computer infected with a virus and thus cannot be used.

The remote control device for virus treatment includes a keypad, which is portable by a user and includes means for receiving user commands, means for transmitting and receiving data with a computer, and storage means for storing data including an auto-executable vaccine program. By receiving a user command by the transmission of the vaccine program to the computer to cure the infected computer.

According to such a remote control device for virus treatment, if a computer is infected with a virus and no longer works, the infected computer can be repaired normally even if the antivirus program is not installed or upgraded to the latest version. Can reduce damage.

Description

Remote Controller for Computer Virus Treatment {Remote Controller for Remedy of Computer Virus}

The present invention relates to a computer virus treatment device, and more particularly, to a remote control device for computer virus treatment that can treat a computer infected with a virus that can not be used.

The communication technology and telecommunications business represented by the Internet are rapidly developing day by day, and along with the increase in computer penetration rate and communication service users. The use of the Internet has the advantage of allowing information to be shared and delivered quickly, and accessing a variety of information without spatial constraints. However, various viruses are being spread by using the rapid propagation of the Internet, and many people are suffering.

Recently distributed viruses have e-mail as a main spreading path, and are generally spread by automatically transmitting virus e-mails to e-mail addresses registered in the e-mail program's address book. Once a computer is infected with a virus, the data stored in memory may be deleted or the system files may be damaged, resulting in the loss of important data or the inability to use the computer anymore.

As a result, efforts are being made to find and punish virus distributors all over the world. However, due to the nature of the communication network, the scope is wide and anonymous, and new viruses are being developed and spread every day. It's hard to be realistic.

Currently, in order to treat and repair computers infected with such viruses, vaccine programs provided by vaccine program developers are installed and used on computers. However, if the computer is not infected anymore due to virus infection, if the antivirus program is not installed or upgraded to the latest version, there is a problem in that the computer cannot be repaired, causing serious damage. In addition, in the case of a virus that resides in free space of the computer memory or abnormally increases the file size, the virus occupies a large amount of space in the memory and thus cannot store other programs. As a result, there is not enough memory space to download the antivirus program, which prevents a virus-infected computer from being cleaned.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and includes a vaccine program in a device capable of short-range wireless communication with a computer, and transmits the vaccine program to a computer infected with a virus to treat the infected computer remotely. There is a technical problem in providing a control device.

In addition, the present invention has another technical problem to provide a remote control device for computer virus treatment that can protect the computer from all kinds of viruses by upgrading the vaccine program to the latest version by accessing wired or wireless communication.

1 is a view for explaining a communication state between a computer virus treatment remote control device and a computer according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a view for explaining a communication state between a computer virus treatment remote control device and a computer according to another embodiment of the present invention,

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of a remote control device for computer virus treatment according to an embodiment of the present invention,

4 is a view for explaining a method for storing a vaccine program in the remote control device for treating a computer virus shown in FIG.

5 is a detailed configuration diagram of a remote control device for computer virus treatment according to another embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: remote control device for virus treatment 12: first short-range wireless communication means

14: first data bus connection means 20: computer

22: second short-range wireless communication means 24: second data bus connection means

30: vaccine program providing system 102: display

104: keypad 106: storage means

108: first wireless local area communication means 109: data bus connection means

110: communication terminal connection port 112: control unit

114: power supply unit 120: browsing means

122: file transmission and reception means 124: network interface

40: communication terminal

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for treating a virus of a computer by a user, the apparatus including: a keypad for receiving a user command; Means for transmitting and receiving data with the computer in a wired or wireless manner; Storage means for storing data including an auto-executable vaccine program; And a user command received by the keypad to transmit the vaccine program to the computer.

Here, the communication means is configured by any one of a short range wireless communication means and a data bus connection means, the short range wireless communication means is configured by any one of IrDA and Bluetooth, and the data bus connection means is configured by any one of RS232C, IEEE1394 and USB ports. do. The virus control remote control apparatus further includes a communication terminal access port for accessing the communication terminal from which the vaccine program is downloaded and receiving the vaccine program.

In addition, a network interface for accessing a network server through a communication network, a browsing means for viewing a document provided by the communication network server, and a file transmission and reception means for transmitting and receiving data with the network server further comprises a remote for virus treatment Vaccine programs can be downloaded directly via the control unit.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view for explaining a communication state between a computer virus treatment remote control device and a computer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the computer 20 and the remote control device 10 for virus treatment are provided with a first short-range wireless communication means 12 mounted on the remote control device 10 for virus treatment and an agent mounted on the computer 20. It is equipped with the environment which can communicate by 2 near field communication means 22. As shown in FIG. Here, the first and second short range wireless communication means 12 and 22 are means for transmitting and receiving data with a computer, and may be configured using an infrared wireless data device (IrDA), a Bluetooth chip, or the like. have. In addition, the computer 20 must have an environment and a link established for communicating with the remote control device 10 for virus treatment.

IrDA allows data to be transmitted via infrared without the use of cables between computers and peripherals.It is useful for mobile devices that need to save power due to its low design cost and low power consumption. It is common for almost all laptop and desktop computers to have IrDA built in. On the other hand, Bluetooth is an international standard for short-range wireless transmission and reception, which enables two-way communication, and uses a frequency (2.4 GHz) in the Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) band. Due to the high-frequency characteristics of Bluetooth, even if there is an obstacle, a signal is transmitted and there is an advantage that communication between devices is possible.

The virus control remote control apparatus 10 stores a vaccine program, and whenever an upgraded vaccine program is developed, the latest version of the vaccine program must be downloaded and used from the vaccine program providing system 30.

The remote control device 10 for virus treatment may be manufactured in a form such as a wireless remote controller and operated by a keypad. When the computer 20 is infected with a virus and the system of the computer cannot be used, the user operates the keypad of the remote control device 10 for virus treatment to save the vaccine program stored in the remote control device 10 for virus treatment. The first short range wireless communication means 12 transmits to the second short range wireless communication means 22.

The anti-virus program is configured to run automatically so that the computer is automatically scanned at the moment of completion of transmission to the computer 20 to find and recover infected files and folders or to be isolated from normal files.

2 is a view for explaining a communication state of a computer virus treatment remote control device and a computer according to another embodiment of the present invention, the virus control remote control device 10 and the computer 20 is the first and second The case where the data bus connection means 14 and 24 communicate by wire is shown.

Here, the first and second data bus connection means 14, 24 can be constituted by RS232C, IEEE1394, USB port, or the like. When the computer 20 is infected with a virus, the virus treatment device 10 and the computer 20 are connected by the first and second data bus connection means 14 and 24 to the remote control device 10 for virus treatment. The stored vaccine program is transferred to the computer 20. The transmitted antivirus program is automatically executed to detect and repair infected files and folders in the computer 20 or to isolate them from normal files.

Figure 3 is a detailed block diagram of a remote control device for computer virus treatment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the remote control device 10 for virus treatment according to the present invention operates the display 102 indicating the state of use of the remote control device 10 for virus treatment, and the remote control device 10 for virus treatment. Keypad 104 for storing data, storage means 106 for storing data, short-range wireless communication means 108 and data bus connection means 109 for communicating with a computer 20, wired or A communication terminal connection port 110, a control unit 112, and a power supply unit 114 for connecting to a wireless communication device are provided.

Here, the data stored in the storage means 106 may be an antivirus program, a window registry, or the like. In addition, the short-range wireless communication means 108 may be configured by any one of IrDA and Bluetooth, and the data bus connection means 109 may be configured by any one of RS232C, IEEE1394, and USB ports.

In order to treat the computer 20 infected with the virus by using the remote control device 10 for virus treatment, the storage means 106 preferably stores the most recent version of the vaccine program. In order to treat the infected computer 20, the user manipulates the keypad 104 so that the vaccine program stored in the storage means 106 is stored in the computer 20 via the short range wireless communication means 108 or the data bus connection means 109. To be sent to. In this case, a message of 'connecting' and 'data transmitting' is displayed on the display 102 so that the user can check the communication progress. The vaccine program transmitted to the computer 20 is automatically executed to treat the infected computer.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining a method of storing a vaccine program in the remote control apparatus for treating a computer virus shown in FIG. 3.

When the latest version of the vaccine program is developed, the user connects to the vaccine program providing system 30 by using a wired or wireless communication terminal 40 and downloads the latest version of the vaccine program. Here, the wired communication terminal may be a personal computer, and the wireless communication terminal may be a PDA, a mobile phone, or the like.

After downloading the vaccine program to the communication terminal 40, the virus treatment apparatus 10 is connected to the communication terminal 40 by the communication terminal access port 110, and the vaccine program downloaded to the communication terminal 40 is virus treated. Is transmitted to the remote control device 10 for storage in the storage means 106.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the virus treatment remote control device 10 can be implemented in a variety of wireless communication terminal equipped with a short-range wireless communication means or a data bus connection means. In particular, since a mobile phone is possessed by almost everyone with the development of wireless communication technology, a mobile phone that is always on the body can be used as a remote control device 10 for virus treatment to treat a computer infected with a virus.

FIG. 5 is a detailed configuration diagram of a remote control apparatus for computer virus treatment according to another embodiment of the present invention, and illustrates a case in which the antivirus program can be downloaded by accessing a direct communication network with the remote control apparatus for virus treatment.

In the remote control device 10 for virus treatment according to the present embodiment, the display 102, the keypad 104, the storage means 106, the short range wireless communication means 108, the data bus connection means 109, the control part 112 and Since the role of the power supply unit 114 is the same as that of the remote control device 10 for virus treatment described in FIG. 3, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In order to download a vaccine program by directly accessing a communication network such as a wired or wireless Internet to the virus control remote control device 10, the virus control remote control device 10 according to the present embodiment includes a browsing means 120 and a file transmission / reception means 122 And a network interface 124. The network interface 124 may connect the virus control remote control device 10 to a communication network, and may be implemented by hardware such as a LAN card or a wired / wireless modem or a communication connection program or a networking program.

In order to download the vaccine program, after connecting to the communication network by wire or wirelessly through the network interface 124, the browsing means 120 is driven to connect to the vaccine program providing system 30. Thereafter, when the most recent version of the vaccine program is selected in the vaccine program providing system 30, the vaccine program selected by the file transmission / reception means 122 is downloaded to the remote control device 10 for virus treatment. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to automatically connect to the vaccine program providing system 30 at the moment of driving the browsing means 120, so that the most recent version of the vaccine program can be downloaded.

In this way, when the downloading of the vaccine program to the remote control device 10 for virus treatment is completed, the vaccine program is transmitted to the computer infected with the virus by the near field communication means 108 or the data bus connection means 109. To be treated.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the storage means 106 is periodically backed up the registry of the operating system of the computer 20 is used, the remote control device 10 for virus treatment when the operating system of the computer 20 is damaged It is also possible to recover the registry by transferring the registry file to the computer 20.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be understood as illustrative in all respects and not as restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily recover a computer infected with a virus by a remote control device for virus treatment in the form of a remote control in which a latest version of the vaccine program is stored. Accordingly, when a computer is infected with a virus and no longer works, the infected computer can be repaired normally even if an antivirus program is not installed or upgraded to the latest version, thereby reducing damage caused by a virus.

In addition, periodically back up the registry file of the computer used by the user to the storage means of the remote control device for virus treatment, and if the registry file of the operating system is damaged, the registry file of the remote control device for virus treatment is damaged to the computer Can be recovered.

Such a remote control device for virus treatment can be usefully applied to a portable device such as a notebook computer. In this case, if the short range wireless communication device is configured as IrDA, the power consumption of the IrDA is low and thus does not affect the operation of the notebook computer. There is an advantage that can be used without.

Claims (8)

A device for carrying by a user to clean a virus of a computer, A keypad for receiving a user command; Means for transmitting and receiving data with the computer in a wired or wireless manner; And Storage means for storing data including an automatically executable vaccine program; And a user command inputted by the keypad to transmit the vaccine program to the computer. According to claim 1, And said communication means comprises at least one of a short range wireless communication means and a data bus connection means. The method of claim 2, The short range wireless communication means is a remote control device for computer virus treatment comprising any one of IrDA and Bluetooth. According to claim 1, And said data bus connection means comprises one of RS232C, IEEE1394 and USB port. According to claim 1, The remote control device for virus treatment further comprises a communication terminal access port for receiving the vaccine program by accessing the communication terminal from which the vaccine program has been downloaded. According to claim 1, The remote control device for virus treatment further comprises a display for displaying a data processing situation remote control device for computer virus treatment. According to claim 1, And said storage means backs up a registry file of said computer operating system. According to claim 1, The remote control device for virus treatment includes a network interface for connecting to a communication network server through a wired or wireless communication network; Browsing means for viewing a document provided by the network server; File transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving data with the communication network server; Remote control device for virus treatment further comprising.