Innoculation of computing devices against a selected computer virus
US7287278B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 9, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 28, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a distributed network having a number of server computers and associated client devices, method of creating an anti-computer virus agent is described. As a method, the inoculation is carried out by parsing a selected computer virus into a detection module that identifies a selected one of the client devices as a target client device, an infection module that causes the virus to infect those target client devices not infected by the selected virus, and a viral code payload module that infects the targeted client device modifying the infection module to infect those computers already infected by the selected virus; and incorporating inoculation viral code in the payload module that acts to prevent further infection by the selected virus.
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