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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Applicant:
Jeremy Bennett, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jeremy Bennett, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Detecting a network worm is disclosed. Network traffic between a plurality of network nodes is monitored to determine if the traffic exhibits a characteristic associated with worm propagation. Responsive action is taken if it is determined that a portion of the network traffic does exhibit the characteristic associated with worm propagation. The characteristic associated with worm propagation comprises a data communication or a variant thereof arriving at a first node and propagating from the first node to a second node within a prescribed interval after arriving at the first node.