Effect of anti-virus software on infectious nodes in computer network: A mathematical model

摘要

An e-epidemic model of malicious codes in the computer network through vertical transmission is formulated. We have observed that if the basic reproduction number is less than unity, the infected proportion of computer nodes disappear, malicious codes die out, also the malicious codes-free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable which leads to its eradication. Effect of anti-virus software on the removal of the malicious codes from the computer network is critically analyzed. Analysis, simulation results show some managerial insights that are helpful for the practice of anti-virus in information sharing networks.