Saturday, June 30, 2007

Why Anti-Virus Software Cannot Stop the Spread of Email Worms.

Abstract:

With the attention received by the ``ILOVEYOU'' worm that floated around the Internet in the early part of May 2000, many people are wondering why their anti-virus software didn't prevent them from becoming infected and how they can protect themselves in the future. Here we argue that this approach to the problem, though popular, is fatally flawed and simply cannot work.

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