AN ARCHITECTURAL-BASED APPROACH TO DETECTING SPIM IN ELECTRONIC MEANS OF COMMUNICATION

Authors

  • OH Odukoya DEPT. OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIV., ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
  • OB Adedoyin DEPT. OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIV., ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
  • BI Akhigbe DEPT. OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIV., ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
  • TA Aladesanmi DEPT. OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIV., ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
  • GA Aderounmu DEPT. OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIV., ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.373.1785

Keywords:

Social Networking sites, spammers, Instant message spam, C4.5 Classifiers, e-mails.

Abstract

Spams are what users and developers should be aware of in all Internet-based communication tools (such as e-mail, websites, Social Networking Sites (SNS), instant messengers and so on). This is because spammers have not ceased from using these platforms to deceive and lure users into releasing vibrant and sensitive information (especially, financial details). This paper developed an architectural based technique for SPIM (Instant Message Spam or IM SPAM) detection using the classification method. The classification was done using the C4.5 classifier with a dataset of messages gotten from an instant messaging environment. The dataset served as the input to the classification algorithm method which was able to distinguish spam from non-spam messages. This classification method was depicted in a tree form to show its usefulness. The results show that its precision, recall and accuracy rate satisfied standard recommendation with a commendable error rate. The proposed technique will find implication in the reduction of the number of Internet users.

 

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v37i3.28

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Published

2018-07-01

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Computer, Telecommunications, Software, Electrical & Electronics Engineering

How to Cite

AN ARCHITECTURAL-BASED APPROACH TO DETECTING SPIM IN ELECTRONIC MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. (2018). Nigerian Journal of Technology, 37(3), 770-778. https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.373.1785