US Patent 11762995 Antivirus scanning architecture for uploaded files

Provided is a system and method which perform an antivirus scan of incoming files via a file management application of a file system. Infected files can be prevented from being stored to the file system. In one example, the method may include receiving, via a first application contained in a first data container, a data file that is uploaded for storage to a file system, storing the data file in a temporary storage, transmitting a location of the data file in the temporary storage to a second application contained in a second data container, and receiving, via the first application contained in the first data container, a response from the second application contained in the second container, indicating results of a security scan performed on the data file.