摘要 |
The invention accordingly provides a system and a method for early warning alert method and system for computer virus outbreaks overcoming at least the aforementioned shortcomings in the art. The system and method according to a general embodiment of the invention provides a plurality of alert levels to the end users in optimally reducing the rate of improper detection of viruses and abnormalities in the terminal devices. The invention advantageously provides virus outbreak alert by monitoring collaborative behavior in a network system having a plurality of client devices and at least one server. A preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention comprises the steps of monitoring the activities of the network system using a plurality of sensors in each of the client devices, detecting abnormal events according to rules stored in each of the client devices, reporting abnormalities if abnormal events are detected in one of the client devices, determining or adjusting an alert level for the reported abnormal events, sending an alert to end users, and reporting the abnormal events to the server in the network system.
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