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100 _aKashif Ali Dahri
_a14MSIT09
_aDr.. Muhammad Saleem Vighio
245 _aDetection and prevention of malwares in android operating system
260 _aNawabshah
_bQuest
_c2018
300 _a70p.
500 _a ABSTRACT the Internet is not any more sheltered. malware can be discovered anywhere on the Internet the risk of mobile rnalware has. increased due to the increasing popularity of smartphones With its great market share. the android operating system has become a prime target for malware developers. When an Android smartphone is injected with malware, it results in compromising privacy of user by steeling sensitive and private information like contacts, ids. passwords. photos and call records etc. Compared to any other category games are the most preferred zone for attackers due to the user's high interest in games applications When on end user download a game which is in injected with malicious code, user data is injected without bringing in the knowledge of the user, though. there are still not sufficient protection mechanism or guideline stated for end users against android malware. this study offers a new method to detect the android malware. the advantage of this new method is that only utilizes android manifest files for the detection of malware. Manifest files are included in all android applications and consequently the offered method can be applied to all android applications It can be considered as a lightweight method for malware detection. and its efficiency is experimental) confirmed b) testing and comparing the results of 50 android games samples, out of these. 25 are benign and 25 are real malwares Moreover. different kinds of malwares identification and malware prevention guidelines are also deliberated for the safe usage of the Android operating system
700 _aDepartment of Information Technology
856 _uhttp://tinyurl.com/4mwhse2t
942 _cTHESIS