Malware Analysis and Detection Engineering: A Comprehensive Approach to Detect and Analyze Modern Malware

© Abhijit Mohanta, Anoop Saldanha 2020

A. Mohanta, A. SaldanhaMalware Analysis and Detection Engineeringhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6193-4_22

22. Antivirus Engines

Abhijit Mohanta¹  and Anoop Saldanha²

(1)

Independent Cybersecurity Consultant, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

(2)

Independent Cybersecurity Consultant, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

 

Antiviruses were the first security software developed to deal with viruses, including detecting their presence on systems, quarantining them, and even reversing the damage they do to the system. These days antiviruses have gone beyond running on desktop workstations and laptops. They are even targeted for other kinds of endpoints like servers, and mobile devices like cell phones and tablets.

With malware evolving ...