Patent ID: 7188367
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for prioritizing virus scan requests comprising: checking a virus scan request to determine if scanning an object of the request is necessary; and placing the virus scan request on a queue in a priority order based on a characteristic of the virus scan request, the characteristic including at least one of an identity of the user triggering the virus scan request, a type of the process accessing the object, a time stamp of when the virus request was received, and an indication of a network node accessing the object, wherein the virus scan request is prioritized based on at least one of the user identity being an administrator as compared to a regular user, the process type being an operating system as compared to a user application, the time stamp being earlier than the time stamps of each scan request previously placed on the queue, and the indication being that the object is accessed from a server console as compared to a network client.