Adjusting the Levels of Anti-Malware Protection
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsVladimir Holostov, Yigal Edery
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Abstract
A client transmits requests via a gateway to a server in a network environment. The requests indicate content on a server to be transmitted as part of download process. The gateway receives into its memory the requested content and also maintains characteristics of the server and the client. The gateway adjusts the depth of scanning of the content for malware based on the retrieved server and client characteristics in order to optimize a balance between effectiveness of anti-malware scanning and a resulting user experience.
Claims20
A method comprising dynamically adjusting a depth of a malware protection application that scans content transferred to a destination electronic device from a source electronic device based on characteristics of the source and destination electronic devices.
A method comprising adjusting a depth of a malware protection application that scans content transferred to a client electronic device based on a history of infections associated with the client electronic device.
A method comprising:
- gathering, from a plurality of computing devices, threat information with a trusted security authority relating to a network malware threat level;
- verifying the threat information;
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- distributing the verified threat information to the plurality of computing devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.