Automatic Detection of Malicious Software NIIT Information Security Research Group (ISRG)

Abstract

There has been significant interest in malware since they first appeared in 1981 and especially in the past few years as they have outreached a large number of computer environments. Malware Threat is serious global problems that‟s causes productivity and time both to be wasted. Various Techniques are being used by the anti-virus companies to detect and remove malware but each technique has its own pros and cons. This report begins with a description of the current techniques used by anti-virus companies to detect malware. And then proposes a new technique by analyzing malware and benign software through reverse code engineering and develops a methodology to detect and classify malware from benign software based on the features that are distinct in malware.