Patent ID: 9003534
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented apparatus for facilitating data transfer over a network between a destination computer system and a data source, the apparatus comprising: an intermediate computer system including a processor circuit operatively coupled with a data storage circuit and network interface circuitry that is adapted to be communicatively coupled to a computer network, the data storage circuit containing instructions that, when executed on the processor circuit, cause the computer system to implement: wherein the antivirus module is further adapted to selectively apply at least one malware detection technique from among the plurality of malware detection techniques based on the overall risk probability such that the selectively applied at least one malware detection technique has a level of computational difficulty that corresponds to the overall risk probability; and wherein the data analysis module is further adapted to analyze the statistical information relating to the previous malware detection results for the data item and/or the data source and, if the statistical information meets predetermined confidence criteria, to invoke at least one priority rule that forces a certain malware detection technique notwithstanding the overall risk probability.