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Article: British Inventor Develops Computer Virus Propagation Hindering Method
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 4, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 -- Andrew Patrick Norman of Bristol, Great Britain, has developed a method of hindering computer virus propagation.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of hindering the propagation of a computer virus on a computer network is disclosed. The computer network comprises a plurality of addressable connections capable of receiving data from at least one computer system, and a detection computer arranged to detect the presence of a computer virus."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The method comprises: operating the detection computer to monitor the plurality of addressable connections thereby to detect the ...