Examining web-based spyware invasion with Stateful behavior monitoring

Proceedings - 13th Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing, PRDC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 275-281

  Wu, Ming Wei ^a   Kuo, Sy Yen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET;

BEHAVIOR MONITORING; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARES; CRITICAL AREAS; DEPENDABLE COMPUTING; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; MALICIOUS PROGRAMS; NETWORK TRAFFICS; PACIFIC RIM; SELF-HEALING; SERVICE PROVIDER; SPYWARE; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; WEB APPLICATIONS; WEB PAGES;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 50049111622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PRDC.2007.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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