System and method for tracking computer viruses
AssigneeMcAfee, Inc.
InventorsSandy Parish, Peter Goostree
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Abstract
A method for collecting and distributing data on computer viruses identified on a plurality of computers during virus scanning includes receiving virus scan results from the plurality of computers and collecting and storing the virus scan results in a database. The results include the type of virus identified. The method further includes aggregating at scheduled intervals the virus scan results over a specified time period at a publisher server to create a virus database and replicating the virus database to a subscriber server. A virus report is created from the virus database upon receiving a request from a user computer at the subscriber server and sent to the user computer.
Claims21
(canceled)
A computer-implemented method for collecting and distributing data on computer viruses, comprising:
- collecting results of an examination performed by a virus scanning application from a plurality of devices on a computer network, wherein the virus scanning application is installed and executed locally on each of the plurality of devices to identify malicious content and report the results of the examination to a first server on the computer network;
- aggregating the results of the examination performed on the plurality of devices to create a results database at the first server, wherein the results database includes a geographical location for each of the plurality of devices;
- and
- creating a results report at a second server based on the results database.
A computer program storage device, embodied on a tangible computer readable medium, comprising:
- computer code for causing a computer processor to collect results of an examination performed by a virus scanning application from a plurality of devices on a computer network, wherein the virus scanning application is installed and executed locally on each of the plurality of devices to identify malicious content and report the results of the examination to a first server on the computer network;
- computer code for causing a computer processor to aggregate the results of the examination performed on the plurality of devices to create a results database at the first server, wherein the results database includes a geographical location for each of the plurality of devices;
- and
- computer code for causing a computer processor to create a results report at a second server based on the results database.
A system, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor operatively coupled to the memory, the processor adapted to execute program code stored in the memory to:
- collect results of an examination performed by a virus scanning application from a plurality of devices on a computer network, wherein the virus scanning application is installed and executed locally on each of the plurality of devices to identify malicious content and report the results of the examination to a first server on the computer network;
- aggregate the results of the examination performed on the plurality of devices to create a results database at the first server, wherein the results database includes a geographical location for each of the plurality of devices;
- and
- create a results report at a second server based on the results database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.