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Malware detection based on visualization of recombined API instruction sequence

Hongyu Yanga School of Safety Science and Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China;b School of Computer Science and Technology, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yupei Zhangb School of Computer Science and Technology, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Liang Zhangc School of Information, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USAView further author information
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Xiang Chengd School of Information Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
Pages 2630-2651 | Received 29 Jul 2022, Accepted 18 Oct 2022, Published online: 04 Nov 2022

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