Inventors:
Zachary Adam Garbow - Rochester MN, US
Michael David Gordon - Rochester MN, US
Robert Hart Hamlin - Rochester MN, US
William Russell Marshall - Rochester MN, US
Clayton Lee McDaniel - Rochester MN, US
Emuejevoke Jane-Frances Sanomi-Fleming - Rochester MN, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 11/00
US Classification:
726 24, 726 22, 726 23, 713189, 713190, 713191, 705 51, 705 52, 705 53, 705 54, 717174, 717175, 717176, 717177, 717178
Abstract:
A method that in an embodiment counts the number of times that a file or registry entry is added, changed, or deleted at clients in a network. If the count exceeds a threshold, then a warning is sent to the clients. The warning may prompt the clients to delete or rename the file or registry entry, run an anti-virus program, quarantine the file or registry entry, or issue a message. In this way, viruses may be detected at clients.