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Source Code Analysis and Performance Modeling of Malware

Overview The exponential growth of malware is degrading the performance of the machines, networks and various wireless devices. The objective of this paper is to study those virus' source codes that primarily affected machines running versions of Microsoft Windows Operating System and analyze them. Their goal is to harden the internet against attacks. All the viruses analyzed in this paper were released off late or years preceding it. Striking similarities were found in the patterns they used to compromise the systems. Also they took a look at the network performance modeling techniques that are being developed and their significance in developing a hardened automated defense system which is able to contain new threats.

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Publisher
St. Cloud State University
File Format
PDF
Date Published
Oct 22, 2008
Format
White Papers
Topics
Spyware, Network Security

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