Communications of the ACM · 2005 · 35 citations · 0 references
ComputingComputer ScienceComputer SystemsComputer SecurityMalware AnalysisOperating SystemsOperating System SecuritySecure BootAnti-malwareBenchmark AnalysisInoculationMalware DetectionSpyware Behavior Analysis
This article describes an attempt to infect two new Dell WindowsXP-SP2 PCs (named Grease and Grime) with spyware and examines the results of the spyware infections. Each PC carried Symantec Antivirus 8.1.0.125, Spyware Doctor 3.1 (Doc), Spybot Search and Destroy 1.3 (SSD), and Sandra 2005 software, but no inoculation options were active during the infection and examination processes. Table 1 illustrates the initial benchmark metrics from Sandra 2005 obtained from SI Software at www.sisoftware.net/.