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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2021
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Xiao-Si Wang, London, GB;
Stephanie Kiss, London, GB;
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Abstract
A malware protection method to protect at least a subset of a set of computer systems from a malware propagating through the set of computer systems including accessing a model of the set of computer systems, wherein each computer system is identified by the model as having an indication of a state of malware infection; simulating, over a plurality of time periods, a propagation of the malware from infected computer systems to susceptible computer systems, the simulation being based on a number of interactions per time period between each interacting pair of computer systems in the set, and a rate of transmission of the malware per interaction; responsive to the simulating, identifying one or more computer systems to deploy a malware protection measure thereto so as to inhibit a propagation of the malware through the set of computer systems.