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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2002
Mark Spiegel, West Hills, CA (US);
Bruce Mccorkendale, Los Angeles, CA (US);
William Sobel, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Mark Spiegel, West Hills, CA (US);
Bruce McCorkendale, Los Angeles, CA (US);
William Sobel, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparati, and computer program products for detecting and responding to fast-spreading network worm attacks include a network monitoring module (), which observes () failed network connection attempts from multiple sources. A logging module () logs () the failed connection attempts. An analysis module () uses the logged data on the failed connection attempts to determine () whether a sources is infected with a worm using a set of threshold criteria. The threshold criteria indicate whether a source's failed connection attempts are non-normal. In one embodiment, a response module () responds () to the computer worm by, e.g., alerting a user or system administrator, terminating an infected process (), or terminating the infected source's network access.