Limiting the range of a computer virus scan (theoretically) and speeding it up in the process

Timezone: Eastern Standard Time

Language: A high level programming language that will compile?

Experience level: Amauteur

My idea is as follows (goal of the project):

The program would check for activity that occurred on the storage media and then scan *only* the files that were [executed/rewritten to/created] since the last scan

This would be in addition to the directories a quick scan handles.

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u/DetectiveKnown5618 — 24 hours ago
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Limiting the range of a computer virus scan (theoretically) and speeding it up in the process

This should speed up virus scans. My idea is as follows:

The program would check for activity that occurred on the storage media and then scan *only* the files that were executed/rewritten to/created since the last scan.

This would be in addition to the directories a quick scan handles.

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u/DetectiveKnown5618 — 1 day ago