| 摘要 |
<p>A system and method are provided which enable malware or any other form of contaminant software which performs one or more operations on a communications-enabled device to be disabled and/or removed. The device has a first state in which it has a security application which is capable of establishing a connection to an addressable remote server. The one or more operations performed by said contaminant software cause said device to have a second state in which the addressable remote server accessible by the security application of said device in said first state at said given address is not accessible at said address by the device in the second state. The software contaminant is disabled and/or removed from the device (a client terminal) by providing the device with an address for a proxy server, the address of the proxy server being addressable by the security application running on the device in its second state. This enables the establishment of a communications channel between said device and said addressable remote server via said proxy server, said channel providing said application with data, and the security application then uses the additional data to enable the device to disable at least one of said operations performed by said software.</p> |
