Title :
Enhancing malware detection in an IM environment
Author :
Huerta, Yectli Adolfo ; Liu, Jigang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., Metropolitan State Univ., St. Paul, MN
Abstract :
As Instant Messaging (IM) becomes the favorite means of personal and work-related communications, the attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in IM will increase in frequency. Although some attacks employ well known strategies used in attacks on other communication systems, many are newly developed to exploit the properties unique to IM. In this paper, we present a new enhancement in controlling virus infections in IM systems. The new method is effective and easy to implement.
Keywords :
Internet; authorisation; computer viruses; electronic messaging; telecommunication security; Internet; corporate communication; instant messaging environment; malware detection; personal communication; virus infection control; worm defense; Art; Communication system control; Computer worms; Control systems; Educational institutions; Frequency; Intrusion detection; Protection; Prototypes; Unsolicited electronic mail; Instant Messaging; Virus defense; worm defense;
Conference_Titel :
Electro/Information Technology, 2008. EIT 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ames, IA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2029-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2030-8
DOI :
10.1109/EIT.2008.4554303
