Patent ID: 7302706

Claim:
A network-based method for scanning data, comprising: displaying at a client a web-based graphical user interface including a first data selection icon and a second scan icon, which is loaded via a network browser; in response to a selection of the first data selection icon, displaying a window showing a plurality of files stored on the client; receiving a manual selection of at least one of the files as data to be received from the client; in response to a selection of the second scan icon, receiving the data from the client at a server utilizing a network and the web-based graphical user interface, such that the data is transmitted from the client to the server to scan the data at the server for analysis purposes; generating a solution at the server if malicious code is found in the data during the scanning; and sending the solution from the server to the client utilizing the network; wherein if the selected at least one of the files is password protected, a window is displayed for entering at least one associated password.