System and method for determining a security status of potentially malicious files

Abstract

Disclosed are systems, methods and computer program products for determining a security status of at least one potentially malicious file in a customer network. An example method comprising receiving, by a client computer system, client heuristics information from a server system for determining a security status of client data generated by at least one client application; monitoring and identifying at least one suspicious file of the client data as a potentially malicious file by analyzing metadata associated with the at least one suspicious file using the client heuristics information; collecting threat-identification information of the potentially malicious file to exclude confidential information associated with a content of the potentially malicious file; transmitting the threat-identification information to the server system for determining a security status of the potentially malicious file; and receiving security tools from the server system to block or remove the potentially malicious file.