Table 5.

Performance comparisons for malware classification and detection using both datasets with 256 × 256.

Dataset 1 (256 × 256)
	Methods	Precision (%)	Recall (%)	F1-Score (%)	Accuracy (%)
Classification	GNB	91	84	85	84.98
	SVM	92	91	90	91.02
	DT	96	96	96	96
	LR	92	91	90	91.02
	RF	96	96	96	96
	Ensemble	96	96	96	96
Detection	GNB	94	94	94	94.01
	SVM	94	94	94	94.01
	DT	98	98	97	98
	LR	94	95	94	94.08
	RF	99	99	99	99
	Ensemble	94	95	94	94.11
Dataset 2 (256 × 256)
Classification	GNB	93	90	91	91.14
	SVM	97	98	97	97.21
	DT	96	96	96	96.1
	LR	98	98	97	97.99
	RF	97	97	97	97
	Ensemble	98	98	99	98.11
Detection	GNB	93	90	91	90.84
	SVM	93	91	91	91.46
	DT	99	99	99	99
	LR	94	91	92	91.36
	RF	99	99	99	99
	Ensemble	99	99	99	99