Learning to detect spyware using end user license agreements

Knowledge and Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-307

  Lavesson, Niklas ^a   Boldt, Martin ^a   Davidsson, Paul ^a,b   Jacobsson, Andreas ^b  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Document classification; End user license agreement; Spyware

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VIRUSES; CONTRACTS; COPYRIGHTS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; MALWARE;

ASSOCIATED SOFTWARES; BAG OF WORDS; DATA REPRESENTATIONS; DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION; END USER LICENSE AGREEMENTS; INFORMED DECISION; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 78651485505     PISSN: 02191377     EISSN: 02193116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10115-009-0278-z     Document Type: Article

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