Patent ID: 9094450
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a virus detection of a plurality of different network elements in a communication network, comprising: monitoring, by a processor, a respective attribute of each one of the plurality of different network elements, wherein the respective attribute is different for each one of the plurality of different network elements, wherein the respective attribute is based on a performance and a type of a network element of the plurality of different network elements associated with the respective attribute; detecting, by the processor, the respective attribute of one or more of the plurality of different network elements breaches at least one respective threshold; configuring, by the processor, each one of the one or more of the plurality of different network elements to reduce a number of virus detection processes of the virus detection in accordance with a respective type of network element; and resuming, by the processor, a normal virus detection for each one of the one or more of the plurality of different network elements when the respective attribute of a respective one of the one or more of the plurality of different network elements does not breach the respective threshold.