Patent ID: 8087061

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, which is implemented by a computing system having one or more processors, the method comprising the computing system performing the following: scanning one or more target computing systems for malware threats; identifying a plurality of different malware threats on the one or more target computing systems; generating an initial list of actions to be performed on the malware threats, the initial list of actions being directed at mitigating affects of the malware threats, the generated list of actions being ordered in a first ordering associated with a first sequence for performing the list of actions; prioritizing and reordering the list of actions into a second ordering associated with a second sequence for performing the list of actions, the second ordering being different than the first ordering, the prioritizing and reordering of the list of action items being based on predetermined settings that specify a plurality of different prioritizing rules for action type, as well as resource type, as well as for resource location, with the reordering being performed according to a prioritization hierarchy that includes a first ordering process that orders the list of actions based on an action type prioritization and that includes at least one additional ordering process which subsequently orders the list of actions based on at least one of a resource location prioritization or a resource type prioritization; and performing the reordered list of actions in the second sequence defined by the second ordering.