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SRI International releases free malware detection tool for Windows, MacOS, and Linux Platforms(Worldwide Computer Products News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SRI International, an independent research and technology development organisation, announced on 24 November that its researchers have released a free application to help Windows, Mac and Linux users detect malware-infected hosts on their networks. The organisation, which was originally established in 1946 by Stanford University and became independent in 1970, said that the BotHunter network-based malware detection software is a significant addition to the tools available to help users combat the rise of Internet malware. BotHunter is a network monitoring system designed to correlate the two-way communication flows between vulnerable computers and external hackers. It tracks the underlying key interactions that most commonly occur when a PC is infected by a malicious software application, such as adware, spyware, viruses, worms and botnets. BotHunter then ties together the dialogue trail of inbound intrusion alarms with outbound computer infection. When a sequence of evidence is found to match BotHunter's infection dialogue model, a consolidated report is produced to capture all relevant events and event sources that played a role during the infection process. BotHunter was funded through the Cyber-Threat Analytics research grant from the US Army Research Office and is available for download free to all end-users. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) Copyright ? 2008 M2 Communications Ltd. |