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Article: A computer `immune system' is sought to thwart viruses
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 14, 1994
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In a new strategy aimed at combating the rapidly growing threat of
computer viruses, researchers are trying to create a computer "immune
system" that, like its biological counterpart, would automatically
protect computer software against the potentially damaging intruders.
Some better kind of protection, most computer users agree, is
urgently needed because existing "vaccine" software cannot keep up
with the onslaught of thousands of new computer viruses.
The viruses are programs that copy themselves repeatedly inside a
computer's memory. They often are designed to wreak havoc by erasing
files at a specified time.
"I think it's the future of antivirus systems for computers,"
Pattie Maes, a ...