Patent ID: 7865956
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for predicting the incidence of a virus in a computer system, the method comprising: obtaining information relating to a new virus; obtaining information relating to a plurality of viruses which have previously infected the computer system; and comparing, utilizing a hardware processor, the information relating to the new virus to the information relating to the plurality of viruses which have previously infected the computer system, wherein comparing the information relating to the new virus to the information relating to the plurality of viruses which have previously infected the computer system includes determining a risk level associated with the new virus based on the information relating to the plurality of viruses which have previously infected the computer system, the risk level being indicative of a risk posed by the new virus to the computer system; wherein when the risk level associated with the new virus is a high risk level based on at least one duration of at least one infection associated with at least one of the plurality of viruses, the method further includes: wherein comparing the information relating to the new virus to the information relating to the plurality of viruses which have previously infected the computer system further includes: