Malware comes of age: The arrival of the true computer parasite

Network Security

Volumn 2004, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 11-15

  Furnell, Steven ^a   Ward, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Symantec (UK) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER SCIENCE; CYBERNETICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SECURITY OF DATA; SERVERS;

ANTIVIRUS; CYBER THREATS; INOCULATION; MALWARE;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

EID: 7544247919     PISSN: 13534858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-4858(04)00144-8     Document Type: Article

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