Title : 
QBTP worm: an anti-worm with balanced tree based spreading strategy
         
        
            Author : 
Liu, Yi-Xuan ; Yun, Xiao-Chun ; Wang, Bai-ling ; Sun, Hai-Bin
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Harbin Inst. of Technol., China
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The traditional prevention methods of anti-virus cannot provide a safe network against malicious worms. In this paper, we research on an anti-worm mechanism that actively distributes the anti-worm code to the authorized hosts. We propose a balanced tree based propagation strategy for anti-worm with a mathematic model. By varying the model parameters, the impacts are studied. Some simulation results show us that the new strategy is effective and feasible.
         
        
            Keywords : 
computer networks; invasive software; trees (mathematics); QBTP worm; antivirus; antiworm code; balanced tree-based propagation; cross-spreading model; malicious worms; mathematic model; network safety; network security; spreading strategy; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Computer science; Computer worms; Diseases; Electronic mail; Mathematical model; Mathematics; Protection; Sun; Anti-worm; Cross-spreading model; Malicious worm; Network security; The Balanced Tree-based Propagation;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2005. Proceedings of 2005 International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Guangzhou, China
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-9091-1
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICMLC.2005.1527629