Toward a practical technique to halt multiple virus outbreaks on computer networks

The author analyzes a technique to prevent multiple simultaneous virus epidemics on any vulnerable computer network with inhomogeneous topology. the technique immunizes a small fraction of the computers and utilizes diverse software platforms to halt the virus outbreaks. the halting technique is of practical interest since a network's detailed topology need not be known. copyright © 2012 kjell jørgen hole.