An Emerging Malware Analysis Techniques and Tools: A Comparative Analysis
Arkajit Datta, Kakelli Anil Kumar, Dona AJU
Abstract
The term Malware denotes malevolent software. This type of software is installed in the system without the awareness of its owner. This malicious software is being installed by the third party to steal, damage, corrupt the important and personal data of the user. The Malware writers have to get an upper edge in spreading their spiteful software such as – worms, trojan horses, spyware, viruses, rootkits, cookies, adware, and many more through the world of immense networking – the Internet. Antivirus vendors are receiving a thousand potentially malicious software every day which can affect the systems. Using Antivirus scanning (AVS) and firewalls to detect the malware is not enough as the malware writers are always way ahead creating numerous unsolvable and challenging threats for the computer society. This survey provides a rundown on the study of Malwares, tools, and techniques which can be useful to analyze malicious software, focusing on the online available malware analysis tools which work on cloud computing in giving results. Further, we focus on devising an Analysis Algorithm which aims and suggests various tools to execute the malware analysis procedure.