Causing and Preventing Viruses in Computer Systems

Abstract

Viruses may attack computer systems and carry with them a variety of symptoms. Details of the many ways in which they spread are given and it is shown how this is prevented in conventional system using procedural controls. More effective measures, which are to be employed in the SMITE secure system, are also described. Great Britain.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA208591

Entities

People

  • S. R. Wiseman

Organizations

  • Royal Signals and Radar Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Viruses
  • Computers
  • Copyrights
  • Defense Systems
  • Directories
  • Foreign Languages
  • High Level Languages
  • Infection
  • Language
  • Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Security
  • Trojan Horse
  • Wound Infections

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).