HP in bid to kill spread of viruses
HP in bid to kill spread of viruses
Feb 14, 2005: Hewlett-Packard has released new software which it expects will help businesses to detect, contain and slow the rate at which viruses currently attack, spread and destroy inside the IT infrastructure.
HP Virus Throttle is different to traditional virus scanning products - which often rely on existing virus signatures provided by third parties, which can be ineffective at guarding systems from new viruses, which can spread in seconds.
Instead, Virus Throttle detects abnormal, virus-like behaviour and slows down the number of different connections an infected machine can make until an administrator can work out if the problem is a viral one, and therefore, more action should be taken.
It monitors network connection requests and detects unusual activity of the type usually carried out by a worm or virus that is trying to breed inside the network. The faster it tries to spread, the faster Virus Throttle springs into action automatically, within milliseconds, without human intervention.
Tony Redmond, the vice president and chief technology officer of HP security office and hp services, said: "If IT systems were 'intelligent' enough to automatically detect and shut down attacks before they spread, administrators would spend less time and money trying to catch up.
"At HP, we're focusing our security research and development and working with our industry partners to come up with new solutions to make IT infrastructures more intelligent and help our customers address their biggest IT security challenges."
Virus Throttle is available now on industry-standard HP ProLiant servers and the HP BladeSystem architecture via an enhanced ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack.
In addition, HP has announced that HP Labs, the company's central research facility, has started working with two partners to test new damage-containment security software aimed at simply and effectively preventing certain viruses from corrupting entire systems.
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