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Polymorphic Virus Detection Technology

Overview Viruses have become a big threat nowadays, however there plenty of software products which can be suggested as protection tools. The aim of this paper is to describe briefly the way viruses work in general, giving emphasis to polymorphic viruses. Several algorithms of protection are defined in the paper to give a full overview of a problem. Furthermore, the paper tried to depict the details of antivirus work, using modern algorithms, like Stryker, produced by Semantics. For better performance, AVZ antivirus product is used, as very factual tool, designed for professionals.

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Publisher	Lappeenranta University of Technology	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2006	Downloads	517
Format	White Papers
Topics	Anti-Virus, Network Security

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