• DocumentCode
    1966467
  • 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
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    18-20 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    231
  • Lastpage
    236
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EIT.2008.4554303
  • Filename
    4554303