Features of Virus Detection Mechanism in Microsoft Security Essentials (Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection) ()
Abstract
In this paper, a signature-based
selective mechanism in detecting virus signatures in executable files was found
and investigated. A pattern under which the Microsoft Security Essentials
antivirus software not detecting a virus signature deliberately placed in files
was revealed.
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D. Silnov, "Features of Virus Detection Mechanism in Microsoft Security Essentials (Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection),"
Journal of Information Security, Vol. 4 No. 2, 2013, pp. 124-127. doi:
10.4236/jis.2013.42014.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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