Patent Document ID: 9262638
Application ID: 13666788
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for computer security comprising: determining client hygiene scores associated with a plurality of clients that represent assessments of abilities of the clients in avoiding malware threats, the client hygiene scores based on amounts of malware detected at the clients; receiving data describing one of a computer file that is downloaded, installed, or executed by one or more clients of the plurality of clients or a website that is visited by the one or more clients of the plurality of clients; calculating, by a processor, a reputation score for the computer file or website responsive to the client hygiene scores of the one or more clients of the plurality of clients that downloaded, installed, or executed the computer file or visited the website, the client hygiene scores of the one or more clients used as an input in calculating the reputation score, the reputation score representing an assessment of whether the computer file or website is malicious; and providing the reputation score for the computer file or website to a client of the plurality of clients for providing computer security at the client.