• DocumentCode
    1372050
  • Title

    Malware Shall Greatly Increase ...

  • Author

    Ford, Richard ; Allen, William H.

  • Author_Institution
    Florida Inst. of Technol., Melbourne, FL, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    69
  • Lastpage
    71
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the generation of virus emerging from email to cellphones. Most of these early threats were self-replicating but not self-transporting, spreading from computer to computer via infected floppy disks. As more viruses were discovered, most known malware existed only in researchers´ collections and not in users´ machines. Malware was shift from virus to worm called Trojan horse. And different anti-virus companies deploying new tools to protect users from malware.
  • Keywords
    invasive software; Trojan horse; anti-virus companies; malware; viruses; Cellular phones; Computer worms; Floppy disks; Invasive software; Protection; Viruses (medical); Malware; Trojans; reputation; viruses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2009.181
  • Filename
    5370704