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Automated Analysis of Freeware Installers Promoted by Download Portals
Abstract We present an analysis system for studying Windows application installers. The analysis system is fully automated from installer download to execution and data collection. The system emulates the behavior of a lazy user who wants to finish the installation dialogs with the default options and with as few clicks as possible. The UI automation makes use of image recognition techniques and heuristics. During the installation, the system collects data about the system modification and network access. The analysis system is scalable and can run on bare-metal hosts as well as in a data center. We use the system to analyze 792 freeware application installers obtained from popular download portals. In particular, we measure how many of them drop potentially unwanted programs (PUP) such as browser plugins or make other unwanted system modifications. We discover that most installers that download executable files over the network are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. We also find, that while popular download portals are not used for blatant malware distribution, nearly 10% of the analyzed installers come with a third-party browser or a browser extension.Peer reviewe
E-COMMERCE
Preface ................................................
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Introduction ...........................................
Chapter 1. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PECULIARITIES IN E-
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BUSINESS: ACTUALITY AND TENDENCIES .........
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Introduction............................................
1.1. The importance of knowledge management to increase the
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efficiency of the organisations activity in e-business ......
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1.2. Employee competency integrated assessment in e-business
1.2.1.Theoretical evaluation aspects of factors affecting em-
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ployee competency ..........................................
1.2.2. The identification of the factors affecting the employee
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competency ................................................
1.2.3. Concept complex competency assessment model of e-
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business organisation ........................................
1.3. Analysis of factors motivating human resources in e-busi-
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ness ..................................................
1.3.1. Theoretical evaluation aspects of factors affecting human
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resources motivation ........................................
1.3.2. Analysis of factors that influence the motivation of human
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resources ..................................................
1.4. Evaluation system of factors affecting creativity in e-busi-
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ness ..................................................
1.4.1. Theoretical evaluation aspects of factors affecting creativ-
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ity .........................................................
1.4.2. Identification of factors affecting creativity. Partial inte-
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grated criterion (third stage) ................................
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1.4.3. Evaluation system of factors affecting creativity ........
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1.5. Knowledge appliance process in e-business organisation ..
1.5.1. The factors proceeding efficiency of knowledge appliance
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process in e-business ........................................
1.5.2. The selection of the method to evaluate efficiency of know-
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ledge appliance process in e-business .........................
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Conclusions ...........................................
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Self test questions .....................................
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References ............................................
Chapter 2. CONTENT MANAGEMENT IN VIRTUAL ORGANIZA
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TIONS ...............................................
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Introduction ........................................... 2.1. A systematical approach to automate content management
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in a vitual ogranization .................................
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2.2. The concept of the content. Content Management .....
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2.3. The life cycle of the document .........................
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2.4. Document management in a virtual organization ........
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2.5. Content capture technology ............................
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2.6. Cloud technologies in business processes CMS ..........
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Conclusion .............................................
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References ............................................
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Chapter 3. MARKETING COMMUNICATION IN DIGITAL AGE ...
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Introduction ...........................................
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3.1. The growing potential of the market ...................
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3.2. Previous studies in e-business and e-marketing areas ....
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3.3. The specifics of Internet marketing in B2B communication
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3.4. E-marketing tools .....................................
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3.5. Social networks in marketing ...........................
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3.6. Effectiveness evaluation theories ........................ 100
3.7. Website quality and efficiency evaluation ................ 101
3.8. Cases: resent research results .......................... 106
3.8.1. Online advertisements efficiency research .............. 106
3.8.2. Evaluation of Lithuanian e-shops ...................... 109
Conclusions ........................................... 110
Self test questions ..................................... 111
References ............................................ 111
Chapter 4. IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF E-COMMERCE .. 116
Introduction ........................................... 116
4.1. Scientific research. E-commerce as the Internet technology 116
4.2. Promotion of e-business ............................... 120
4.3. A set of basic tools for e-business ...................... 121
4.4. Security in e-commerce ................................ 124
Conclusion ............................................ 133
Self-examination questions ............................. 133
References ............................................ 134
Chapter 5. ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEMS.................. 135
Introduction............................................ 135
5.1. The concept of electronic payments.National
payment system in Russia ....................................... 136
5.2. Electronic payment systems based
on «Client-Bank» and online banking ......................................... 143
5.3. Electronic payments via bank cards ..................... 151
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5.4. Electronic payments via digital cash .................... 160
5.5. Internet payment system based on virtual accounts ...... 164
Conclusion ............................................ 166
Self-examination questions ............................. 166
References ............................................ 167
Chapter 6. MANAGEMENT OF THE VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE .... 168
6.1. Virtual enterprise, electronic business,
electronic commerce, model of management, manager .................... 168
6.2. Manager .............................................. 174
6.3. Channel ............................................... 175
6.4. Information environment. Knowledge ................... 175
6.5. Problem field .......................................... 176
Self-examination questions ............................. 178
References ............................................ 178
Chapter 7. INTERNET MARKETING ............................ 180
Introduction ........................................... 180
7.1. The concept and structure of the Internet Marketing .... 180
7.2. Market research on the Internet ........................ 182
7.3. Internet advertizing .................................... 187
7.3.1. The concept of Internet advertising .................... 187
7.3.2. Announcement of the search engines
and search engine optimization.
The concept and purpose of search
engine optimization ................................................... 189
7.3.3. Search Engine Advertising ............................ 209
7.3.4. Participation in the rankings and registration in catalogs 215
7.3.5. Banner advertising ................................... 219
7.3.6. Link Exchange ....................................... 236
7.3.7. Profiling and personalization in online advertising........ 239
7.3.8. E-mail-advertising. Basic concepts and
advantages e-mailadvertising ................................................. 242
7.3.9. Discussion lists ....................................... 248
7.3.10. Virus marketing. Concept and principles
of virus marketing ........................................................ 251
7.3.11. Other methods of advertizing ........................ 258
7.3.12. Analysis of efficiency of Internet advertizing ........... 259
7.3.13. Methods of the collection of information,
used for the analysis .................................................... 263
7.4. Marketing in social networks and blogs ................. 282
7.5. Partner programs ...................................... 287
7.6. The problem of return visitors and create a captive audience 292
7.6.1. Statement of the problem of creating a virtual community 292
7.6.2. Methods for creating a virtual community .............. 294
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7.7. Off-line support for online projects ...................... 297
Self-examination questions.............................. 298
References ............................................ 299
Chapter 8. REACHING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS THROUGH E-GOVERNMENT IN THE POST-2015
AGENDA ............................................. 301
Introduction ........................................... 310
8.1. E-government: definition, functions and stages .......... 302
8.2. E-government: global tendencies ....................... 304
8.3. Formation and development of e-government in Uzbekistan 308 Self-examination questions ............................. 314
References ............................................ 314The development of the universities’ ability to quickly respond to new demands of the labor market and to adapt, update, develop and introduce new areas of study to ensure demand for the graduates provides the participation in the international projects of the European program improving higher education «TEMPUS».
The project TEMPUS — ECOMMIS («double-level training programs of e-commerce developing the information society in Russia, Ukraine and Israel») was launched in October 2011, and belongs to a class of joint projects to develop new courses and courses for bachelor’s and master’s degrees. The project consortium involves 12 universities from Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Israel, Russia and Ukraine. The main objective of the project is to develop and implement new academic courses and areas of study, taking into account the current status and trends of economic development and the specific requirements of the labor market on the basis of cooperation between universities in different countries.
The main feature and complexity of the project academic content of is that e-commerce as an academic concept is absolute new and it appeared just only in the last decade. It is a new interdisciplinary field of knowledge, which is located at the intersection of economics and computer science and it is not covered by the classical training courses in economics and computer science technology. The aspects of national and international law in connection with the growth of international trade, economic cooperation and the development of new Internet based technologies should be taken into account.
For the project’s period of three years on the basis of international cooperation the following results were obtained:
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1) The analysis and modernization of existing curricula in the field of e-commerce were carried out;
2) new training modules with the introduction of the European creditmodular system of accumulation and transfer transcripts units ( ECTS ) were developed; new modules and courses: e-commerce, electronic payment systems; Internet trading in the financial markets and the stockmarket systems; Information systems for financial analysis and investment; Information systems for business process modeling; corporate information systems and portals; Customer-oriented systems; Internet Marketing; electronic systems for document management; legal aspects of e-commerce; advanced course security for e-commerce were introduced;
3) two international online games to enhance practical skills in the field with online marketing and online trading were developed and conducted among university students;
4) skills training courses e-commerce for various social groups (students, housewives, pensioners, unemployed) were developed and tested;
5) business offices, e-commerce were established to strengthen cooperation between the universities in the labor market and to create the conditions of commercialization of the project results after the end of financial support from the TEMPUS Program.
6) textbooks on the topic of the project were developed and published.
In May — July 2013. 62 teachers targeted universities in Israel, Russia and Ukraine received intensive training in the field of e-commerce in three European universities: FONTYS (NL), TU Berlin (DE), VGTU ( LT ).
From October 2013 in target universities of Israel, Russia and Ukraine students’ training began on the courses developed in the framework of the new training courses and modules with using computer classes, equipped in accordance with the project plan with new hardware and software tools.
The final stage of the project was intended to develop a five-year detailed plan for sustainable development of the results. Such plan that includes coordinated action to disseminate best practices, development of new joint courses for graduate and post-graduate students, scientificmethodical conferences, joint publications will support the further dynamics of the activities involved universities.
Joint work on the implementation of the project ECOMMIS led to the emergence of sustainable professional relationships between organizations in the consortium as the training of new qualified professionals, as well as in the field of scientific and methodological developments.
This is confirmed by the present collective monograph E-commerc
The Analysis of Open Source Software and Data for Establishment of GIS Services Throughout the Network in a Mapping Organization at National or International Level
Federal agencies and their partners collect and manage large amounts of geospatial data but it is often not easily found when needed, and sometimes data is collected or purchased multiple times. In short, the best government data is not always organized and managed efficiently to support decision making in a timely and cost effective manner.
National mapping agencies, various Departments responsible for collection of different types of Geospatial data and their authorities cannot, for very long, continue to operate, as they did a few years ago like people living in an island. Leaders need to look at what is now possible that was not possible before, considering capabilities such as cloud computing, crowd sourced data collection, available Open source remotely sensed data and multi source information vital in decision-making as well as new Web-accessible services that provide, sometimes at no cost. Many of these services previously could be obtained only from local GIS experts. These authorities need to consider the available solution and gather information about new capabilities, reconsider agency missions and goals, review and revise policies, make budget and human resource for decisions, and evaluate new products, cloud services, and cloud service providers.
To do so, we need, choosing the right tools to rich the above-mentioned goals. As we know, Data collection is the most cost effective part of the mapping and establishment of a Geographic Information system. However, it is not only because of the cost for the data collection task but also because of the damages caused by the delay and the time that takes to provide the user with proper information necessary for making decision from the field up to the user’s hand. In fact, the time consumption of a project for data collection, processing, and presentation of geospatial information has more effect on the cost of a bigger project such as disaster management, construction, city planning, environment, etc. Of course, with such a pre-assumption that we provide all the necessary information from the existing sources directed to user’s computer.
The best description for a good GIS project optimization or improvement is finding a methodology to reduce the time and cost, and increase data and service quality (meaning; Accuracy, updateness, completeness, consistency, suitability, information content, integrity, integration capability, and fitness for use as well as user’s specific needs and conditions that must be addressed with a special attention).
Every one of the above-mentioned issues must be addressed individually and at the same time, the whole solution must be provided in a global manner considering all the criteria.
In this thesis at first, we will discuss about the problem we are facing and what is needed to be done as establishment of National Spatial Data Infra-Structure (NSDI), the definition and related components. Then after, we will be looking for available Open Source Software solutions to cover the whole process to manage; Data collection, Data base management system, data processing and finally data services and presentation. The first distinction among Software is whether they are, Open source and free or commercial and proprietary. It is important to note that in order to make distinction among softwares it is necessary to define a clear specification for this categorization. It is somehow very difficult to distinguish what software belongs to which class from legal point of view and therefore, makes it necessary to clarify what is meant by various terms. With reference to this concept there are 2 global distinctions then, inside each group, we distinguish another classification regarding their functionalities and applications they are made for in GIScience.
According to the outcome of the second chapter, which is the technical process for selection of suitable and reliable software according to the characteristics of the users need and required components, we will come to next chapter. In chapter 3, we elaborate in to the details of the GeoNode software as our best candidate tools to take responsibilities of those issues stated before.
In Chapter 4, we will discuss the existing Open Source Data globally available with the predefined data quality criteria (Such as theme, data content, scale, licensing, and coverage) according to the metadata statement inside the datasets by mean of bibliographic review, technical documentation and web search engines. We will discuss in chapter 5 further data quality concepts and consequently define sets of protocol for evaluation of all datasets according to the tasks that a mapping organization in general, needed to be responsible to the probable users in different disciplines such as; Reconnaissance, City Planning, Topographic mapping, Transportation, Environment control, disaster management and etc…
In Chapter 6, all the data quality assessment and protocols will be implemented into the pre-filtered, proposed datasets. In the final scores and ranking result, each datasets will have a value corresponding to their quality according to the sets of rules that are defined in previous chapter.
In last steps, there will be a vector of weight that is derived from the questions that has to be answered by user with reference to the project in hand in order to finalize the most appropriate selection of Free and Open Source Data. This Data quality preference has to be defined by identifying a set of weight vector, and then they have to be applied to the quality matrix in order to get a final quality scores and ranking. At the end of this chapter there will be a section presenting data sets utilization in various projects such as “ Early Impact Analysis” as well as “Extreme Rainfall Detection System (ERDS)- version 2” performed by ITHACA.
Finally, in conclusion, the important criteria, as well as future trend in GIS software are discussed and at the end recommendations will be presented
Learning Spaces
Edited by Diana G. Oblinger.
Includes a chapter by former College at Brockport Faculty member Joan K. Lippincott: Linking the Information Commons to learning.
Space, whether physical or virtual, can have a significant impact on learning. Learning Spaces focuses on how learner expectations influence such spaces, the principles and activities that facilitate learning, and the role of technology from the perspective of those who create learning environments: faculty, learning technologists, librarians, and administrators. Information technology has brought unique capabilities to learning spaces, whether stimulating greater interaction through the use of collaborative tools, videoconferencing with international experts, or opening virtual worlds for exploration. This e-book represents an ongoing exploration as we bring together space, technology, and pedagogy to ensure learner success.https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/bookshelf/1077/thumbnail.jp
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference EEDAL'11 Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting
This book contains the papers presented at the sixth international conference on Energy Efficiency in
Domestic Appliances and Lighting. EEDAL'11 was organised in Copenhagen, Denmark in May 2011. This major
international conference, which was previously been staged in Florence 1997, Naples 2000, Turin 2003,
London 2006, Berlin 200h9a s been very successful in attracting an international community of stakeholders
dealing with residential appliances, equipment, metering liagnhdti ng (including manufacturers, retailers,
consumers, governments, international organisations aangde ncies, academia and experts) to discuss the progress
achieved in technologies, behavioural aspects and poliacineds , the strategies that need to be implemented to
further progress this important work.
Potential readers who may benefit from this book include researchers, engineers, policymakers,
and all those who can influence the design, selection, application, and operation of electrical appliances and lighting.JRC.F.7-Renewable Energ
SOFTWARE INTEROPERABILITY: Issues at the Intersection between Intellectual Property and Competition Policy
The dissertation project proceeds through three papers, analyzing issues related to software interoperability
and respectively pertaining to one of the three following interdependent levels of analysis.
The first level addresses the legal status of software interoperability information under current intellectual
property law (focusing on copyright law, which is the main legal tool for the protection of these pieces of
code), trying to clarify if, how and to what extent theses pieces of code (and the associated pieces of
information) are protected erga omnes by the law.
The second level complements the first one, analyzing legal and economic issues related to the technical
possibility of actually accessing this interoperability information through reverse engineering (and software
decompilation in particular). Once a de facto standard gains the favor of the market, reverse engineering is the
main self-help tool available to competitors in order to achieve interoperability and compete “inside this
standard”.
The third step consists in recognizing that – in a limited number of cases, but which are potentially of great
economic relevance – market failures could arise, despite any care taken in devising checks and balances in
the legal setting concerning both the legal status of interoperability information and the legal rules governing
software reverse engineering. When this is the case, some undertakings may stably gain a dominant position
in software markets, and possibly abuse it. Hence, at this level of analysis, competition policy intervention is
taken into account.
The first paper of the present dissertation shows that interoperability specifications are not protected by
copyright. In the paper, I argue that existing doubts and uncertainty are typically related to a poor
understanding of the technical nature of software interfaces. To remedy such misunderstanding, the paper
focuses on the distinction between interface specifications and implementations and stresses the difference
between the steps needed to access to the ideas and principle constituting an interfaces specification and the
re-implementation of a functionally equivalent interface through new software code. At the normative level,
the paper shows that no major modifications to the existing model of legal protection of software (and
software interfaces) are needed; however, it suggests that policymakers could reduce the Fear of legal actions,
other forms of legal Uncertainty and several residual Doubts (FUD) by explicitly stating that interface
specifications are unprotectable and freely appropriable.
In the second paper, I offer a critique of legal restraints on software reverse engineering, focusing in
particular on Europe, but considering also similar restraints in the US, in particular in the context of the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Through an analysis of entry conditions for late comers and of the
comparative costs of developing programs in the first place or reverse engineering them, the paper shows that
limitations on decompilation imposed by article 6 of the Software Directive were mostly superfluous and
basically non-binding at the time of drafting. What is more, the paper shows that nowadays new – and largely
unanticipated – developments in software development models (e.g. open source) make these restraints an
obstacle to competition against dominant incumbent controlling software platforms. In fact, limitations on
the freedom to decompile obstacle major reverse engineering projects performed in a decentralized way, as in
the context of an open source community. Hence, since open source projects are the most credible tools to
recreate some competitive pressure in a number of crucial software markets, the paper recommends creating
a simpler and clear-cut safe harbor for software reverse engineering.
The third paper claims that, in software markets, refusal-to-deal (or “information-withholding”) strategies
are normally complementary with tying (or “predatory-innovation”) strategies, and that this complementarity
is so relevant that dominant platform controllers need to couple both in order to create significant anti-
competitive effects. Hence, the paper argues that mandatory unbundling (i.e. mandating a certain degree of
modularity in software development) could be an appropriate – and frequently preferable – alternative to
mandatory disclosure of interoperability information. However, considering the critiques moved from part of
the literature to the Commission’s Decision in the recent European Microsoft antitrust case, an objection to
the previous argument could be that – also in the case of mandatory unbundling – one should still determine
the minimum price for the unbundled product. The last part of the paper applies some intuitions coming
from the literature concerning complementary oligopoly to demonstrate that this objection is not well
grounded and that – in software markets – mandatory unbundling (modularity) may be a useful policy even if
the only constraint on the price of the unbundled good is the one of non-negativity