Comprehensive Review of Malware Detection Techniques

If we focus on the attacks of smartphones and computer systems, various malware or malicious codes are set up regularly about which our users are unaware. These program authors intend to steal sensitive information either secretly or openly to prove their capabilities or competence. To counter these malwares, traditional anomaly-based and signature-based detection techniques are applied. Although, static methods can block the known malware. But to intercept new ones is not possible with these techniques. However, dynamic techniques are used to run the executable on the virtual environment and by anti-malware software. High consumption of the resources and the scanning for an extended period are the main drawbacks of this technique. The third technique which is being utilized is called the hybrid detection technique that is the combination of both static and dynamic techniques. Malware threats and detection methods are discussed in this review paper with the comparison table of all malware threats with their detection techniques.