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February 6, 2003 Computing giant Hewlett-Packard plans to
announce two services this week aimed at slowing down fast-
spreading viruses and immunizing networks against threats.  One
service, known as virus throttling, will limit the speed at
which viruses and worms can spread by reducing the number of
connections an infected computer can have to the Internet. A
second service that HP intends to offer mimics medical
vaccinations by placing devices within a network that will
continually attack a company's computers with the digital
equivalent of dead germs.  Get Up to Speed on... Enterprise
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our expanded GUTS section.  The plans are part of HP's strategy
for allowing customers able to quickly deal with changes