Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detecting e-mail propagated malware
- Patent Title (中): 检测电子邮件传播的恶意软件
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Application No.: US09912391Application Date: 2001-07-26
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Publication No.: US07673342B2Publication Date: 2010-03-02
- Inventor: Neil John Hursey , William Alexander McEwan
- Applicant: Neil John Hursey , William Alexander McEwan
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
- Current Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Zilka-Kotab, PC
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00 ; G06F12/14 ; G06F15/16 ; G08B23/00 ; G06F11/30
Abstract:
An e-mail client serves to detect mass mailing malware by detecting if over a threshold number of addressees from within the address book of that e-mail client are being sent an e-mail or over a predetermined number of substantially identical e-mails are being sent by that e-mail client. A quarantine queue may be provided in which e-mail messages are held for a predetermined period prior to being sent out in order that separate e-mail messages being sent to a large proportion of the address book addressees may be identified and linked together.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030023875A1 Detecting e-mail propagated malware Public/Granted day:2003-01-30
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