System and methods of performing antivirus checking in a virtual environment using different antivirus checking techniques

Abstract

Disclosed are methods, systems and computer program products for antivirus checking of software objects in a virtual environment. An example method includes monitoring and identifying, by an antivirus agent running on a virtual machine in the virtual environment, an event occurring in the virtual machine, an object related to the event, and a type of the object; upon determining that the object needs an antivirus checking, sending, by the antivirus agent, to a control module in the virtual environment, information of the object and the event; determining, by the control module, priorities of executing one or more antivirus checking methods determined for the object; and distributing, by the control module, among one or more selected components of an antivirus system in the virtual environment, the one or more antivirus checking methods to be performed on the object based on the priorities.