Patent attributes
An anti-virus A protection system and method for use within a data transmission network to protect against the transfer of viruses from a transmission originator originator, having a discrete transmission originator code code, to a subscriber/recipient subscriber/recipient, having a discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code code, over the data transmission network comprising the steps of includes: assigning a discrete security code to the transmission originator, originator; generating a transmission pack including a discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code element corresponding to the discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code of the subscriber/recipient, a discrete security code element corresponding to the discrete security code assigned to the transmission originator, a file extension element element, and a data packet element; transmitting the transmission pack to a data transfer control; authenticating the transmission pack with the discrete subscriber/recipient IP address code element, discrete security code element element, and discrete transmission originator code; transferring the authenticated transmission pack to the subscriber/recipient subscriber/recipient; and isolating the subscriber/recipient from an unauthenticated transmission pack pack, received by the data transfer control from a transmission originator originator, to prevent the transfer of an unauthenticated transmission pack to the subscriber/recipient.
