Heuristic analysis
Mechanism used by antivirus softwares to detect previously unknown computer viruses / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about antivirus software. For the use of heuristics in usability evaluation, see Heuristic evaluation.
Heuristic analysis is a method employed by many computer antivirus programs designed to detect previously unknown computer viruses, as well as new variants of viruses already in the "wild".[1]
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Heuristic analysis is an expert based analysis that determines the susceptibility of a system towards particular threat/risk using various decision rules or weighing methods. MultiCriteria analysis (MCA) is one of the means of weighing. This method differs from statistical analysis, which bases itself on the available data/statistics.