Well this sounds cool:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141113140011.htm

Computer scientists have developed software that not only detects and eradicates never-before-seen viruses and other malware, but also automatically repairs damage caused by them. The software then prevents the invader from ever infecting the computer again.

Paper can be downloaded here (Be warned, it’s buzzword heavy and not a huge amount of technical detail…):

http://www.cs.utah.edu/~regehr/papers/middleware11.pdf