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European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR) European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR): Combines universities, industry, media, technical, security, and legal experts from civil and military government and law enforcement as well as privacy protection organizations whose objectives are to unite non-commercial efforts against writing and prol (Viruses) http://www.eicar.org/ comp.virus Newsgroup FAQs comp.virus Newsgroup FAQs: FAQs from the comp.virus newsgroup (Viruses) http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-newsgroup/comp/comp.virus.html VirusList.com VirusList.com: Permanently replenishing information about new viruses. Mechanisms of breeding and operation, detailed analysis of algorithms of viruses. Methods to guard against computer viruses. (Viruses) http://www.viruslist.com Antivirus World Antivirus World: Antivirus news, information, online tests, and useful downloads. (Viruses) http://www.antivirusworld.com/ Computer Virus Myths Computer Virus Myths: The canonical reference for computer virus myths, hoaxes, and urban legends. (Viruses) http://www.vmyths.com/ Anti-virus HelpGuide Anti-virus HelpGuide: Information on the latest viruses, hoaxes, anti-virus software, updates and cleaning tools. (Viruses) http://virus.helpguide.info/ Personal Home Page - Gordon, Sarah Personal Home Page - Gordon, Sarah: Various papers on computer viruses, computer security, and ethics. (Viruses) http://www.badguys.org/ Trend Virus Encyclopedia Trend Virus Encyclopedia: Trend Micro issues regular advisories regarding new viruses, including a guide to avoiding them in the first place. Site covers risk factor of the newest viruses. lists top ten virus and offers a security alert archive. (Viruses) http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/ AskMen.com - How To: Keep Your Computer Virus-Free AskMen.com - How To: Keep Your Computer Virus-Free: Article with basic advice on virus prevention, and a primer on computer virus terminology. (Viruses) http://www.askmen.com/fashion/how_to_60/66_how_to.html Examples of Malicious Computer Programs Examples of Malicious Computer Programs: Long essay that describes harm done by major computer viruses or worms, and discusses the nonexistent or lenient punishment for the authors or distributors of these malicious programs. (Viruses) http://www.rbs2.com/cvirus.htm Burton Systems Software - Virus Avoidance Advice Burton Systems Software - Virus Avoidance Advice: Advice for avoiding and recovering from computer virus infections, mostly for users of Microsoft Windows. Includes links to free tools and other resources. (Viruses) http://www.burtonsys.com/virus_advice.html Computer Viruses In Unix Networks Computer Viruses In Unix Networks: Paper which examines in detail the problem of computer viruses as they relate to Unix and Unix-like systems. (Viruses) http://www.cybersoft.com/whitepapers/papers/print/networks_print.html BusinessWeek Online - Mydoom's Most Damning Dynamic BusinessWeek Online - Mydoom's Most Damning Dynamic: Points out that Mydoom was so damaging only because so many individual net users were so unprotected despite education efforts that apparently do not have any significant effect on user behavior. (Viruses) http://businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2004/tc20040128_7597_tc047.htm Softpanorama University Skeptical Antivirus page Softpanorama University Skeptical Antivirus page: A skeptical look at anti-virus protection. (Viruses) http://www.softpanorama.org/Antivirus/index.shtml EICAR test file EICAR test file: Provides a standardized test file for signature based virus detection software. This file can be used to verify the correct operation of antivirus software without unnecessary exposure to viruses. (Viruses) http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm Symantec AntiVirus Research Center Symantec AntiVirus Research Center: Virus Encyclopedia site maintained by Symantec, makers of the popular Norton AntiVirus product. (Viruses) http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ #hackfix project - software configuration guides #hackfix project - software configuration guides: Configuration guides for many popular antivirus and antitrojan packages (Viruses) http://www.hackfix.org/software/configure/ McAfee Virus Information McAfee Virus Information: Virus alerts, mailing list, and searchable descriptions of common viruses. (Viruses) http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp Sophos Virus Analyses Sophos Virus Analyses: This Sophos database holds the latest virus names and descriptions. (Viruses) http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/ Computer Associates Virus Information Center Computer Associates Virus Information Center: Virus information from makers of e-Trust Antivirus (formerly known as InoculateIT). (Viruses) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/default.aspx Virus Bulletin Virus Bulletin: News and technical articles on developments on viruses and anti-virus products. (Viruses) http://www.virusbtn.com/ F-Secure Virus Information Centre F-Secure Virus Information Centre: A searchable database of virus descriptions, from the provider of F-Secure range of anti-virus software. (Viruses) http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/ CIAC Virus Database CIAC Virus Database: No longer actively maintained. Detailed information on a number of older computer viruses, particularly for more obscure platforms. (Viruses) http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACVirusDatabase.html Virus or Hoax? Virus or Hoax?: Created to provide basic information about viruses. Links to major anti-virus companies, public services, software downloads, and updates. (Viruses) http://virusall.com/ Solo Antivirus - Virus encyclopedia Solo Antivirus - Virus encyclopedia: Contains details about latest virus alerts and wide spread virus information. (Viruses) http://www.srnmicro.com/virusinfo/ Virus Information Library and Search Virus Information Library and Search: Database of viruses for research and informational purposes (Viruses) http://www.viruslibrary.com/ IBM's Antivirus Research IBM's Antivirus Research: News and information about virus prevention, the latest in IBM's research, virus alerts, and lists of the latest hoaxes and hype. (Viruses) http://www.research.ibm.com/antivirus/ Team Anti-Virus Team Anti-Virus: An organization for independent anti-virus researchers to facilitate communication, collaboration, and public education. Publishs and links to many papers written by independent researchers. (Viruses) http://www.teamanti-virus.org/ Computer Associates Virus Encyclopedia Computer Associates Virus Encyclopedia: Computer Associates alphabetical virus database. Searchable with clear descriptions of common viruses. (Viruses) http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/encyclopedia.asp Personal Home Page - Szor, Peter Personal Home Page - Szor, Peter: Research papers on computer viruses written by Peter Szor. The site covers Windows viruses and worms and the development of polymorphic and metamorphic viruses. (Viruses) http://www.peterszor.com/ Lets have fun with EICAR Lets have fun with EICAR: Article showing how to test the effectiveness of anti-virus heuristics using modifications of the EICAR test file. (Viruses) http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0307&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=1734 TestVirus.org TestVirus.org: Tool to automatically send EICAR test files in various formats to a given email address. (Viruses) http://www.testvirus.org/ davebauer.net - Avoiding Viruses davebauer.net - Avoiding Viruses: Information to help computer users learn how to protect computers from viruses and hackers. (Viruses) http://www.davebauer.net/avoiding_viruses.asp Doug Muth's Anti-Virus Help Page Doug Muth's Anti-Virus Help Page: Independent site with extensive FAQs, papers, and other antivirus resources. (Viruses) http://www.claws-and-paws.com/virus/ MSN Messenger Viruses MSN Messenger Viruses: Information and removal instructions for various viruses and worms designed to attack MSN Messenger. (Viruses) http://www.happy-messaging.com/messenger/virus/ Personal Home Page - Harrold, Robert Personal Home Page - Harrold, Robert: Massive collection of antivirus links and news. (Viruses) http://www.harrold.org/rfhextra/antivirus.html RAV Virus Encyclopedia RAV Virus Encyclopedia: Virus Encyclopedia provided by RAV - Reliable AntiVirus. (Viruses) http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/virus.php Secunia - Virus Information Secunia - Virus Information: Collects virus information from multiple anti-virus vendors, and the collected information is grouped and indexed. When certain conditions are met virus alerts are generated and can be emailed. (Viruses) http://secunia.com/virus_information/ Personal Home page - Ferrie, Peter Personal Home page - Ferrie, Peter: Various research papers on computer viruses (Viruses) http://pferrie.tripod.com/ History of Computer Viruses History of Computer Viruses: A technically oriented history of computer viruses by Robert M. Slade. (Viruses) http://www.cknow.com/vtutor/vtsladecontents.htm Panda Software Virus Laboratory Panda Software Virus Laboratory: Up to date and in-depth descriptions of the most common viruses by Panda Software, makers of Panda Antivirus Platinum. (Viruses) http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/encyclopedia/ How Stuff Works: Computer Virus How Stuff Works: Computer Virus: Multipart tutorial describes how computer viruses work. (Viruses) http://www.howstuffworks.com/virus.htm Virus Bulletin - Independent Anti-virus Advice Virus Bulletin - Independent Anti-virus Advice: Independent anti-virus journal and website with advice, reviews and tutorials (Viruses) http://www.virusbtn.com/index.xml Windows Startup Tasks Windows Startup Tasks: Massive listing of tasks that may be running on a Windows system at startup, including tasks which may be created by viruses, worms, spyware, and trojans (Viruses) http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm Tim O'Leary's Anti Virus Resource site Tim O'Leary's Anti Virus Resource site: An independent site with links to a wide variety of antivirus information and download sites. Includes links to free antivirus programs. (Viruses) http://www.strategos.com.au/virus/ Fire Antivirus Kit - Virus Information Library Fire Antivirus Kit - Virus Information Library: Provides detailed information on viruses (Viruses) http://www.fireav.com/virusinfo/library/ The WildList Organization International The WildList Organization International: Organization which maintains a fairly comprehensive list of computer viruses which are still found "in the wild". (Viruses) http://www.wildlist.org/