SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK LEVEL PROTECTION AGAINST MALICIOUS SOFTWARE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for network level protection against malicious software.SOLUTION: A network protection device 140 creates a restriction rule to block a network traffic associated with software processes mapped to untrusted program files and prevents propagation and malicious activities of a possible bot. A method includes searching a whitelist identifying trustworthy software program files to determine the trust status of the software program file.