24-02-2012, 03:16 PM
Arti cial Intelligence Methods in Virus Detection & Recognition
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Malware types
We can distinguish quite few malicious software types. It is important to
be aware that nevertheless all of them have similar purpose, each one
behave di erently.
Viruses
Worms
Wabbits
Trojan horses
Exploits/Backdoors
Spyware/Scumware/Stealware/Parasiteware/Adware
Rootkits
Keyloggers/Dialers
Hoaxes
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Infection strategies
To better understand how viruses are detected and recognized, it is
essential to divide them by their infection ways.
Nonresident viruses The simplest form of viruses which
don't stay in memory, but infect founded executable le and
search for another to replicate.
Resident viruses More complex and ecient type of viruses
which stay in memory and hide their presence from other
processes. Kind of TSR apps.
Fast infectors Type which is designed to infect a
Infection strategies
To better understand how viruses are detected and recognized, it is
essential to divide them by their infection ways.
Nonresident viruses The simplest form of viruses which
don't stay in memory, but infect founded executable le and
search for another to replicate.
Resident viruses More complex and ecient type of viruses
which stay in memory and hide their presence from other
processes. Kind of TSR apps.
Fast infectors Type which is designed to infect as many les as
possible.
Slow infectors Using stealth and encryption techniques to stay
undetected outlast.
Wojciech Podgorski http://podgorski.wordpress.com Arti
