A system and method for providing damage control caused by a virus epidemic in a network environment are advantageously provided according to the intention. The system according to a preferred embedment of the invention effectively and rapidly distributes antivirus protection and cure measures within the network so as to reduce the level of damage during the virus epidemic. The method according to the invention contains the spread of a computer virus in a network system by detecting the traffic flow and analyzing the identical sections in files modified in a short time period. The network system accordingly includes a management server, a management information database (MIB) having a plurality of tasks for performing work in the network system, and a plurality of device node. Each network task corresponds to an event occurring in the system. Damage control caused by a virus epidemic in a network environment is controlled and level of damage is accordingly reduced.