Patent ID: 7673342
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium bearing a computer program operable to control an e-mail client computer to detect e-mail propagated malware, said computer program product comprising: e-mail generating logic operable to generate an e-mail message; comparison logic operable to compare said e-mail message with at least one of an address book of a sender of said e-mail message and one or more previously generated e-mail messages from said client computer; and identifying logic operable to identify whether: quarantine queue logic operable to hold said previously generated e-mail messages in a quarantine queue for at least a predetermined quarantine period prior to being sent from said client computer; wherein said quarantine queue logic is further operable such that it is determined whether said email message is a new message by comparing said email message with said previously generated e-mail messages held in said quarantine queue; wherein said quarantine queue logic is further operable such that said email message is added to said quarantine queue in response to a determination that said email message is said new message; wherein said quarantine queue logic is further operable such that a score value indicative of one of said previously generated e-mail messages held in said quarantine queue is updated in response to a determination that said email message is not said new message, said score value indicating a proportion of said addressees specified within said address book that have previously been sent said message sharing at least said threshold level of similarity to non-identical message content of said one of said previously generated e-mail messages.