Open AccessPotentially Unwanted Program Analysis and Detection using YARA Rules
Author(s) -
V. Shanmugavel,
S. Sankar,
Ankit Kumar,
M. Satheesh Kumar,
S. Malathi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and advanced technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-8958
DOI - 10.35940/ijeat.e9855.069520
Subject(s) - computer science , compromise , software , bundle , computer security , reverse engineering , software engineering , operating system , social science , materials science , sociology , composite material
In this paper, some potentially unwanted program (PUP) samples are analyzed, detected and are blocked using YARA rules. Nowadays the user may notices the unwanted software such as PUP or a potentially unwanted application (PUA) . For security and parental control products subjective tagging criterion was used. To compromise privacy or weaken the computer's security such software was implemented. Third party software often bundle a wanted program to be downloaded with a wrapper application and may offer to install an unwanted application. In this paper, some samples of PUP under reverse engineering technique are analyzed by using YARA rules that promptly resist unwanted applications or programs