A Computational Model of Computer Virus Propagation

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Computer virus infection is the most common computer security problem. … A computer virus is a segment of program code that will copy its code into one or …

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A Computational Model of Computer Virus Propagation
Li-Chiou Chen
lichiou@andrew.cmu.edu
Department of Engineering and Public Policy
Center for the Computational Model of Social and Organizational Analysis
Carnegie Mellon University
Kathleen M. Carley
KathleenCarley@andrew.cmu.edu
Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Center for the Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems
H.J. Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Carnegie Mellon University
Extended Abstract
Computer virus infection is the most common computer security problem. This problem
has imposed significant amount of financial losses to organizations (CSI, 2000). Even
though most organizations have installed anti-virus software in their computers, majority of
them still experienced computer virus infection (ICSA, 2000). Most anti-virus software
could not detect a new virus unless it is patched with the new virus definition file.
Disseminating the new virus information and patches is hence important to raise user
awareness. However, little research has focused on evaluating the effectiveness of
disseminating new virus information on reducing virus infection. We hence propose a
corporate response model to investigate the effectiveness of warning message propagation.
In addition, we use the model to study the influence of social network topology…