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

Claim 14:
15. A method for improving anti-malware scan performance, the method comprising:
determining a symptom associated with a performance issue on a user computing device based on a user input from the user computing device, the user input corresponding to a user highlighting an area of a display associated with the performance issue, a window associated with an operating system of the user computing device;
identifying 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
transmitting a scan parameter to indicate the portion of files to the user computing device to facilitate a targeted anti-malware scan of the user computing device based on the portion of files.