Blocking e-mail propagation of suspected malicious computer code
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Feb 10, 2009
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Sep 14, 2004
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Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for preventing the spread of malicious computer code. An embodiment of the inventive method comprises the steps of: identifying (110) a computer application that is data mining an e-mail address; determining (130) whether the computer application associates at least one executable application and the data mined e-mail address with an e-mail message (120); and blocking (140) the transmission of the e-mail message when the e-mail message is associated with the at least one executable application and the data mined e-mail address.
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