Patent ID: 6886099
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium for detecting an outbreak of a computer virus on a computer system, said computer program product comprising: (i) measurement computer code operable to measure one or more measurement parameters indicative of non virus specific activity of said computer system over a respective measurement period; (ii) comparison computer code operable to compare said one or more measurement parameters with respective predetermined threshold levels, wherein one of said measurement parameters is e-mail throughput within said computer system, wherein each e-mail processed has an associated size value and e-mail throughput is measured in a form dependent upon a number of e-mails and a total of size values for said e-mails within a predetermined period; and (iii) signal generating computer code operable to generate a signal indicative of an outbreak of a computer virus if one or more of said one or more measurement parameters crosses a respective predetermined threshold level;