Patent ID: 7937765

Claim:
A personal computer (PC) system comprising: a processor; and a security checking system that is executable on the processor for checking the security of the PC system; the security checking system comprising: a user interface and graphic user interface (GUI) management module for managing an input of a user and controlling a screen; a check reference management module, in cooperation with the user interface and GUI management module, for displaying check reference information indicating recommended values for setting security configurations on the screen and allowing the user to change the check reference information; a system information collection module for collecting system information indicating the current values of each of the security configurations; an automatic check module for comparing the recommended values of the check reference information with the current values of the system information to generate check result information; and an up-to-date information update module for retrieving up-to-date information and thereby automatically updating the check reference information; a log generation module for generating log information, the log information including information on the updated check reference information; a history generation module for generating history information about security configurations that do not comply with the check reference information by using the log information and the check result information; a check result management module for displaying the check result information through the user interface and GUI management module and automatically correcting an item selected by the user or all items.