%0 Book %A Priyanka Nandal %D 2017 %C Hamburg, Germany %I Anchor Academic Publishing %@ 9783960677086 %T Malware Detection %U https://m.anchor-publishing.com/document/378378 %X In the present work the behavior of malicious software is studied, the security challenges are understood, and an attempt is made to detect the malware behavior automatically using dynamic approach. Various classification techniques are studied. Malwares are then grouped according to these techniques and malware with unknown characteristics are clustered into an unknown group. The classifiers used in this research are k-Nearest Neighbors (kNN), J48 Decision Tree, and n-grams. %K J48 Decision Tree, n-grams, k-Nearest Neighbors, Malicious software, IT security, Dynamic approach, Computer security, Trojan, Adware, Spyware, Computer virus %G English