71435.1777@CompuServe.COM (Bob Bosen) (03/01/91)
What exactly is AI anyway? I've heard this buzzword used and abused for years and I avoid it because I think almost everybody interprets it differently. SafeWord VIRUS-Safe "learns" a little bit as it is used. I doubt if this is what you are referring to as true "AI", but it is pretty smart and it helps to simplify the lives of your users. Basically, it maintains a list of programs whose integrity it has already authenticated, along with the rules the user (or his supervisor) has established regarding when, how, and how often to re-check the integrity of each file. Whenever a user attempts to execute a program whose name is not on this list, SafeWord VIRUS-Safe automatically opens a dialog window and informs the user that it has not yet "learned" how to authenticate this program. The user is asked if (s)he would like to define a set of simple rules for authentication of the program now and in the future. Any rules the user provides during the ensuing short dialog are retained and enforced from then on. Is that AI? Not by my definition. But it's probably more or less along the lines you want to achieve... Certainly it works. In SafeWord VIRUS-Safe, we call it "LEARN mode". - -Bob Bosen- Enigma Logic Inc (Creators of SafeWord VIRUS-Safe [Now Shareware]) 2151 Salvio Street #301 Concord, CA 94520 USA Tel: (415) 827-5707 FAX: (415) 827-2593 Internet: 71435.1777@COMPUSERVE.COM