Metamorphic virus variants classification using opcode frequency histogram

International Conference on Computers - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 147-155

  Rad, Babak Bashari ^a   Masrom, Maslin ^a  

^a MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Computer virus; Metamorphic virus; Obfuscation techniques; Opcode frequency histogram; Virus classification; Virus detection

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARES; EUCLIDEAN; FREQUENCY HISTOGRAMS; HISTOGRAM DISTANCE; MACHINE INSTRUCTIONS; METAMORPHIC VIRUS; OBFUSCATION TECHNIQUES; PORTABLE EXECUTABLE FILES; SCANNING METHODS; SIGNATURE DETECTION; SIGNATURE SCANNING; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; VIRUS DETECTION;

GRAPHIC METHODS; MICROORGANISMS; STATIC ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

EID: 79958756129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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