Patent ID: 7890619

Claim:
A server apparatus comprising: storage means for storing types of computer viruses and information indicating a notification method of a type of communication for notifying a result of detection of computer viruses in association with each other; receiving means for receiving data from a communication terminal; selecting means for selecting one of the notification method of the type of communication for notifying the result of detection of computer viruses to the communication terminal, corresponding to a type of a computer virus included in the data received by the receiving means, on the basis of the types of the computer viruses and the information indicating the notification method of the type of communication stored in the storage means; notifying means for notifying the communication terminal of the result of detection of the computer viruses, using the notification method of the type of communication selected by the selecting means; and restricting means for restricting services available to the communication terminal, based on a type of a computer virus included in the data received by the receiving means.