Enhanced inquiry method for malicious object identification

Authors:
Dinesh Kumar Saini;Jabar H. Yousif;Wail M. Omar
Affiliations:
Sohar University Sultanate of Oman;Sohar University Sultanate of Oman;Sohar University Sultanate of Oman
Venue:
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This paper proposes a new technique for malicious object detec-tion and identification. The technique is based on a concept of vi-rus inquiry. The inquiry is an activity that is performed by the malicious object during its initiation. The malicious object uses this activity to ensure its uniqueness in memory. The inquiry can be regarded as a common behavior of malicious object such as viruses. The proposed system is designed using the concept of Ob-ject Oriented Programming (OOP) that treats the operating system, user program, and virus as objects. It is constructed of three ele-mentary objects that perform their activities depending on two da-tabases.