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      Fighting Computer Viruses

      Biological metaphors offer insight into many aspects of computer viruses and can inspire defenses against them

      • By Jeffrey O. Kephart, Gregory B. Sorkin, David M. Chess, Steve R. White on November 1, 1997
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