Technological Networks and the Spread of Computer Viruses

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5670, 2004, Pages 527-529

  Balthrop, Justin ^a   Forrest, Stephanie ^a,b   Newman, M E J ^c   Williamson, Matthew M ^d  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM; VIRUS;

COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER VIRUS; E-MAIL; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 2142758072     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1095845     Document Type: Review

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19. We thank J. Gassaway for help collecting the e-mail address book data set, C. Hickman for the administrator data set, and J. Tyler and B. Huberman for the e-mail traffic data set. Supported by the James S. McDonnell Foundation, NSF, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Intel Corp., and Santa Fe Institute.