A taxonomy of protections used in computer viruses and their applications to software protection

International Conference on i-Warfare and Security, ICIW 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 67-76

  Edge, Kenneth ^a   Dube, Thomas ^a   Raines, Richard ^a   Baldwin, Rusty ^a   Mullins, Barry ^a   Reuter, Christopher ^a  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer viruses; Malicious code; Malware; Software protection; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER VIRUSES; REVERSE ENGINEERING; TAXONOMIES;

MALICIOUS CODES; MALWARES; PROTECTION TECHNIQUES; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE PROTECTION;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 84896284654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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