Disclosed is a method and system for matching a complex NFA state comprising a spinner followed by a character class sequence which may be represented by the general regular expression form S {N,M}A0A1. The process comprises the use of electrical discharge andor electric fields to destroy microbes that result in the biofouling of surfaces. The security agent is configured to determine whether the request is indicative of malware. All transmission between the box and remote storage location is user-transparent; to a user, the remote storage location appears as a local output device.