Patent ID: 8589904
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for updating a security software product, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: receiving a request to install a second version of the security software product over a first version of the security software product as part of an over-installation process where only a single instance of the security software product is able to run at a time; installing, as part of the over-installation process where only a single instance of the security software product is able to run at a time, the second version of the security software product in a dormant state while the first version of the security software product is running by: after installing the second version of the security software product, rebooting a computing system on which the first and second versions of the security software product are installed; upon rebooting the computing system, swapping the first and second versions of the security software product by: