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The effect of network topology on the spread of computer viruses: a modelling study

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posted on 2017-01-01, 00:00 authored by Luxing YangLuxing Yang, X Yang
This paper is intended to investigate the effect of network topology on the spread of computer viruses in the presence of removable storage media. For that purpose, a novel network-based computer virus spreading model is proposed. Both theoretically and experimentally, it is shown that, under proper conditions, viruses on a scale-free network would tend to extinction. Experimental results show that either smaller maximum node degree or larger power-law exponent is conducive to the containment of virus spreading. To our knowledge, this is the first time the effect of network topology on virus spreading is investigated in this context.

History

Journal

International journal of computer mathematics

Volume

94

Issue

8

Pagination

1591 - 1608

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Location

Abingdon, Eng.

ISSN

0020-7160

eISSN

1029-0265

Language

eng

Publication classification

C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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