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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1996
Shuang Ji, Foster City, CA (US);
Eva Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yung-Chang Liang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Warren Tsai, Taipei, TW;
Trend Micro Incorporated, , TW;
Abstract
The detection and elimination of viruses on a computer network is disclosed. An apparatus for detecting and eliminating viruses which may be introduced by messages sent through a postal node of a network electronic mail system includes polling and retrieval modules in communication with the postal node to determine the presence of unscanned messages and to download data associated with them to a node for treatment by a virus analysis and treatment module. A method for detecting and eliminating viruses introduced by an electronic mail system includes polling the postal node for unscanned messages, downloading the messages into a memory of a node, and performing virus detection and analysis at the node.