Patent ID: 11902292
Assignee: MCAFEE, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A storage device or storage disk comprising instructions to cause processor circuitry to at least:
in response to a performance issue on a user computing device, determine a symptom associated with the performance issue based on a user input from the user computing device, the user input corresponding to highlighting an area of a display associated with the performance issue, a window having been rendered on the display by an operating system of the user computing device;
identify a portion of files on the user computing device for a targeted anti-malware scan based on positive results of malware scans from other user computing devices that experienced the symptom; and
transmit a scan parameter corresponding to the portion of files to the user computing device to facilitate a targeted anti-malware scan of the user computing device based on the scan parameter.