Patent ID: 7937763

Claim:
A processing apparatus having a content recording/playback function and being connected to a network, the processing apparatus comprising: a processor; a detection unit operable to detect a computer virus; an apparatus status retrieval unit operable to retrieve one of statuses of a recording/playback process; a countermeasure storage unit storing therein, in correspondence, (i) the statuses of the recording/playback process and (ii) computer virus-handling processes to be performed if the detection unit detects the computer virus; and a countermeasure unit operable to, if the detection unit detects the computer virus, perform, using the processor, one of the computer virus-handling processes that corresponds with the retrieved one of the statuses of the recording/playback process, wherein the statuses of the recording/playback process include a recording scheduled status that is a status where a recording has been scheduled, and wherein one of the computer virus-handling processes that is stored, in correspondence with the recording scheduled status, in the countermeasure storage unit is a process to send recording schedule information indicating the recording scheduled status to another recording apparatus and request the another recording apparatus to perform the scheduled recording.