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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2005
Applicants:
Ross N. Dreyer, Natick, MA (US);
Geoffrey B. Grindrod, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ross N. Dreyer, Natick, MA (US);
Geoffrey B. Grindrod, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Trend Micro, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a digital computing environment, an improvement to a method of scanning for and removing spyware, includes periodically detecting a current usage level of CPU and disk resources to generate a current usage level signal. In response to the current usage level signal, a rate of scanning for and removing spyware is modulated, based on CPU and disk resource usage from a first time period to a second time period. The scanning for and removing spyware does not substantially interfere with a user's employment of the digital computing environment.