Patent ID: 8505100

Claim:
A computer implemented method for automatically excluding specified user accounts from anti-malware scanning, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising the steps of: on a computer on which an anti-malware scanning product provides anti-malware scanning, receiving user input comprising an identification of at least one user account to exclude from the anti-malware scanning; specifying the at least one user account to exclude from the anti-malware scanning by configuring the anti-malware scanning product to exclude the at least one user account from the anti-malware scanning; excluding the at least one user account from the anti-malware scanning; wherein excluding the at least one user account from the anti-malware scanning comprises excluding all applications run by the at least one user account from the anti-malware scanning; and allowing non-specified user accounts and applications run by the non-specified user accounts to be scanned by the anti-malware scanning.