Stopping Malware Before It Hits

SpudGunMan writes "John Lockwood, Ph.D, an assistant professor of computer science at Washington University, and the graduate students that work in his research laboratory, have developed a hardware platform called the Field-programmable Port Extender (FPX) that scans for malware transmitted over a network and filters out unwanted data."

Comments

hah

[mxn]

Belkin beat him to it.. Though, their system goes one step further: rather than filter out unwanted data it turns it into precious precious ad revenue.

So windows....

[utlemming]

Did it verify that Windows is mal-ware?
What about Windows-update?

These are hard questions that we need to know...

How it works

[Anonymous Coward]

For non geeky types, here is how it works.

As part of the TCP/IP connection specification, Each Ethernet Cable has 65,536 exactly small fibers. To send data, a prgoram must tell the network card to "pluck" the fibers 5000 tines a second to send data.

Now Viruses pluck usually unused fibers to confuse the Network card. Once it is confused the virus can Execute it self by running on the firmware of the Ether, which sends rouge Assebly instructions to the GBX register on the CPU which is an illegal instruction. This disables the ECIR and RIF jumpers on the motherboard. Then it can pluck all the wires at the same time, which of course causes a D-DOS attack.

Now you know how it works, get a Firewall to stop the wrong fiber being plucked.

An easier way to stop Windows malware:

[Anonymous Coward]

Here.

Re:An easier way to stop Windows malware:

[placeclicker]

Or one that doesn't require a new computer..