05-20-2019, 09:17 AM
And also why your anti-virus suite needs to be heuristic-based instead of signature-based.
The Register: Let adware be treated as malware, Canuck boffins declare after breaking open Wajam ad injector
The Register: Let adware be treated as malware, Canuck boffins declare after breaking open Wajam ad injector
Quote:The technology industry has numerous terms for sneaky software, including malware, adware, spyware, ransomware, and the ever adorable PUPs – potentially unwanted programs. But there isn't always a clear difference between malware and less threatening descriptors.
In a research paper distributed this month through pre-print server ArXiv, a pair of researchers from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada – Xavier de Carné de Carnavalet and Mohammad Mannan – show that in the case of software known as Wajam, these categorical distinctions obscure how adware relies on the same untrustworthy techniques as malicious code.