Virus control on networks: Solving the unsolvable

✍ Scribed by Jan Hruska

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 319 KB
• Volume: 1994
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1353-4858
• DOI: 10.1016/1353-4858(94)90177-5

✦ Synopsis

Most PCs in commercial use today are networked. Increased productivity resulting from an easy exchange of information has significant benefits. Unfortunately, the ease of data interchange is not limited to legitimate data; it also enables easy spread of computer viruses. This article examines some aspects of virus spread on networks and suggests practical solutions to the problem.

How do viruses spread on networks?

Networks are used to facilitate the exchange of data between users. This invariably involves access to common data areas and most networks allow the definition of rules which determine read/write privileges for each user or a user group. On the majority of networks those access privileges are decided by the server operating system, and the workstation has no means of altering them.