Malware Analysis

Abstract

Malware, also known as malicious software affects the user’s computer system or mobile devices by exploiting the system’s vulnerabilities. It is a major threat to the security of the computer systems. Some of the types of malwares that are most commonly used are viruses, trojans, worms, etc. Nowadays, there is a widespread use of malware which allows malware author to get sensitive information like bank details, contact information which is a serious threat in the world. Most of the malwares are spread through internet because of its frequent use which can destroy large systems piercing through network. Hence, in this paper, we focus on analyzing malware using different tools which can analyze the malware in a restricted environment. Since many malware authors uses self-modifying code and obfuscation, it is very difficult for the traditional antivirus software to detect the malware which identifies that it is under scan and it can change its execution sequence.  So, in order to address the shortcomings of the traditional antivirus software, we will be discussing some of the analysis tools which runs analysis on the malware in an effective manner and helps us to analyze the malware which can help us to protect our system’s information.