The embodiment of the invention relates to the communication technique field and provides a file virtualization processing method and a corresponding apparatus. By using the technical proposal disclosed by the invention, the operation to a file is carried out in a virtual way on a third safe storage by acquiring the operation instructions of an objective file and the file name information of the objective file and after satisfying the corresponding conditions; only one empty file is preserved on a storage directly operated by a user according to the previous habit and the storing location of the actual content of the file is just on the third safe storage so as to reach the purpose of safe storage. The technical proposal disclosed by the embodiment of the invention makes use of the flexibility of the third safe storage to realize the safe storage to files without depending on the complex network storage environment.