Patent ID: 9219748
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: downloading, by a general purpose processor of a network security appliance, a virus signature file that includes a plurality of virus signatures capable of detecting and identifying a variety of known viruses; determining, by the general purpose processor, whether a virus co-processor is coupled to the general purpose processor; when the virus co-processor is determined to be coupled to the general purpose processor, then determining, by the general purpose processor, which virus signatures of the plurality of virus signatures are supported by the virus co-processor (“CP-supported virus signatures”); causing to be transferred, by the general purpose processor, the CP-supported virus signatures to a memory associated with the virus co-processor; directing, by the general purpose processor, the virus co-processor to perform a virus scan based on the supported virus signatures.