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Analysis and Detection of Evolutionary Malware: A Review

by Pushpendra Dwivedi, Hariom Sharan
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 174 - Number 20
Year of Publication: 2021
Authors: Pushpendra Dwivedi, Hariom Sharan
10.5120/ijca2021921005

Pushpendra Dwivedi, Hariom Sharan . Analysis and Detection of Evolutionary Malware: A Review. International Journal of Computer Applications. 174, 20 ( Feb 2021), 42-45. DOI=10.5120/ijca2021921005

@article{ 10.5120/ijca2021921005,
author = { Pushpendra Dwivedi, Hariom Sharan },
title = { Analysis and Detection of Evolutionary Malware: A Review },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Feb 2021 },
volume = { 174 },
number = { 20 },
month = { Feb },
year = { 2021 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 42-45 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume174/number20/31808-2021921005/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2021921005 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Hariom Sharan
%T Analysis and Detection of Evolutionary Malware: A Review
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
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%V 174
%N 20
%P 42-45
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Malwares now a days has become a big threat to the digital world around the globe. It target the network, system and penetrate into it, get access to the computers, brings down the servers, steal confidential information, ask for ransom, harm the critical infrastructure etc. to deal with the threats from these malwares and attack many anti- malwares have been developed so far. Some of them are based on the assumption that malwares do not change their structure. But with the with the advancements second generation malwares can create their variants that’s why they are hard to detect. We present our survey on evolutionary malware and its detection techniques.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Malwares Antimalware Oligomorphic Metamorphic Polymorphic