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An Analysis of Simile

Virus writers have always tried to develop new methods to make malware detection more difficult. For instance, encryption was a natural step in virus evolution when scanners started to use ...

Document added on Jan. 28, 2011

Polymorphic Macro Viruses, Part One

Polymorphic viruses change their code in fundamental ways with each replication in order to avoid detection by anti-virus scanners. This may mean changing the encryption routine, the sequence of instructions, ...

Document added on June 25, 2011

Polymorphic Macro Viruses, Part Two

This article is the second of a two-part series that will offer a brief overview of polymorphic strategies in macro viruses. The first installment of this series looked at some ...

Document added on Jan. 22, 2011