Systematic Approach for Modeling and Restraining Mobile Virus Propagation

Abstract

Rapid growth in computer networks and mobile networks causes the spread of viruses and malwares from one mobile network to another mobile network. This malware causes the damage in smart phones and many other issues like privacy data leakage, extra charges and. “Zombie” viruses attacked more than 1million cell phones and create huge loss .In some serious situations viruses can even jam wireless services by sending out thousands of spam messages. In this situation it is necessary for both users and service providers to understand the propagation mechanisms of mobile viruses. Here we use two-layer network model, for modeling virus propagation which characterizing Bluetooth based and SMS –based viruses. Two types of human behaviors are considered i.e. operational behavior and mobile behavior. By using this modeling two strategies are developed for restraining virus propagation i.e. preimmunization strategy and adaptive dissemination strategies. These strategies are drawing on the methodology of autonomy oriented computing (AOC).
Keywords: Autonomy oriented computing, dissemination, preimmunization