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heuristic rule - a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem

heuristic, heuristic program

formula, rule - (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"

lateral thinking - a heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on

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What makes them so unique," Carmon continued, "is that they are released in a large number of distinct and short-lived variants, making it impossible to generate one signature or heuristic rule to effectively protect against them.

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For inbound email messages to an organization, Tumbleweed's Dynamic Anti-spam Service continuously updates the e-mail firewall with new heuristic rules, as new phishing attacks are identified.

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In addition, the Mirapoint solution keeps pace with the resourcefulness of spammers by providing configurable network-based updates to the heuristic rules engine as new filters become available.

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