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Computer Security Handbook, Fifth Edition
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Computer Security Handbook, Fifth Edition

by SEYMOUR BOSWORTH, ERIC WHYNE, M.E. KABAY
February 2009
Intermediate to advanced
2048 pages
80h 12m
English
Wiley
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CHAPTER 41

ANTIVIRUS TECHNOLOGY

Chey Cobb and Allysa Myers

41.1 INTRODUCTION

41.1.1 Antivirus Terminology

41.1.2 Antivirus Issues

41.2 HISTORY OF VIRAL CHANGE

41.3 ANTIVIRUS BASICS

41.3.1 Early Days of AV Scanners

41.3.2 Validity of Scanners

41.3.3 Scanner Internals

41.3.4 Antivirus Engines and Antivirus Databases

41.4 SCANNING METHODOLOGIES

41.4.1 Specific Detection

41.4.2 Generic Detection

41.4.3 Heuristics

41.4.4 Intrusion Detection and Prevention

41.5 CONTENT FILTERING

41.5.1 How Content Filters Work

41.5.2 Efficiency and Efficacy

41.6 ANTIVIRUS DEPLOYMENT

41.6.1 Desktops Alone

41.6.2 Server-Based Antivirus

41.7 POLICIES AND STRATEGIES

41.8 CONCLUDING REMARKS

41.9 FURTHER READING

41.10 NOTE

41.1 INTRODUCTION.

For over two decades, computer viruses have been a persistent, annoying, and costly threat, and there is no end in sight to the problem. There are many vendors offering to provide a cure for viruses and malware, but the mere existence of these software pests is understandably vexing to those charged with system security.

Initially, most viruses were not designed to cause harm but were created more to gain notoriety for the creator or as a prank. Because these early viruses were designed to subvert legitimate program operations across multiple systems, they were more likely to cause unexpected problems. These viruses, and later some Trojans, often damaged data and caused system downtime. The cleanup required to recover from even a minor virus infection was expensive in ...

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