Patent ID: 8087081
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of selecting a remotely located security server computer for computer security operation, the method to be performed by a client computer and comprising: determining an available bandwidth for network communication between the client computer and a first security server computer in a plurality of security server computers available to provide remote scanning service to the client computer, the first security server computer being selected to provide the remote scanning service to the client computer; determining protection status of the client computer based on the available bandwidth for network communication between the client computer and the first security server computer, the protection status having one of at least four different possible levels, each of the levels being indicative of vulnerability of the client computer to malicious codes; allowing selection of a second security server computer in the plurality of security server computers to replace the first security server computer when the protection status of the client computer is below a threshold level; and using the second security server computer to scan a file of the client computer for malicious codes.