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This article is from the Computer viruses FAQ, by David Harley D.Harley@icrf.icnet.uk, George Wenzel gwenzel@telusplanet.net and Bruce Burrell bpb@umich.edu with numerous contributions by others.

9) Where can I get further information? (Computer virus)

The following sites are not regularly checked. Please advise of
any changes which aren't reflected in this document.

ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/pub/virus/texts/
[mirror sites]
ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/security/virus/
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/docs/security/hamburg-mirror/virus/
http://www.SevenLocks.com/

http://www.hitchhikers.net/av.shtml
http://csrc.ncsl.nist.gov/virus
http://www.nc5.infi.net/~wtnewton/vinfo/master.html

Virus Bulletin Home Page - vendor contact info, comparative reviews,
review protocol info etc.

http://www.virusbtn.com

Henri Delger's home page has much useful info and useful links

http://pages.prodigy.net/henri_delger/index.htm

Tom Simondi has written a freeware virus tutorial (VTUTOR11.ZIP).

http://www.cknow.com/

Some information is available from The Scanner, an on-line anti-virus
newsletter. It may not be entirely current, however.

http://diversicomm.com/scanner

Doug Muth has not only AV links but geek code as well....

http://www.claws-and-paws.com/

Bob Rosenberger's Computer Virus Myths Page

http://www.kumite.com/myths/

A few Amiga links:

http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/aminet/dirs/util_virus.html
[Antivirus info and programs]
ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/aminet/util/virus/
According to Dennis Boon, trsivw65.lha has info about 100 or so viruses;
VT_docfiles.lha has info on nearly all amiga viruses (in German);
VIB9508.lha file contains info on all viruses up to August 1995
(in English).

The WildList (List of viruses currently 'in the wild' - doesn't
include much description)
http://www.wildlist.org

Virus Descriptions
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http://www.avpve.com AVP Virus Encyclopedia
http://www.datafellows.com/vir-info/ Data Fellows Virus
Database
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html Symantec Virus Database
http://www.avertlabs.com McAfee Virus Database

Virus demonstrations
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AVP includes some virus demonstrations, and other publishers have
demos available.

There are also virus simulators, which are not quite the same thing.
These are sometimes advocated as a means of testing antivirus packages,
but there are dangers to this approach: after all, a package which
detects one of these simulators as the virus it detects is, technically,
false-alarming.

See section F6 of the Mark 2 Virus-L FAQ, which is rather good on
types and uses of virus simulation.

Books which may be of use:

Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses - Springer-Verlag
Pretty good introduction & general resource. Currently
in its second edition.
Computers Under Attack (ed. Denning) - Addison-Wesley
Aging, but some classic texts
Survivors' Guide to Computer Viruses (ed. Lammer) - Virus Bulletin
Uneven, but includes useful stuff from Virus Bulletin
Dr. Solomon's Virus Encyclopedia
You may from time to time find copies of an older edition
of this in bookshops, though it's better known as part of
Dr. Solomon's AntiVirus ToolKit. It's a pretty good guide
to some of the older viruses.
A Short Course on Computer Viruses (F. Cohen) - Wiley
By the man who 'invented' the concept of computer viruses.
Some aspects are controversial, but a good introduction to
his work.

The comp.virus FAQ includes pointers to some books.

Useful (and expensive) periodicals:

Virus Bulletin
http://www.virusbtn.com

Secure Computing
http://www.westcoast.com

Computers and Security
Elsevier Advanced Technology
PO Box 150
Kidlington
Oxford
OX5 1AS
44 (0) 1865-843666
a.verhoeven@elsevier.co.uk

The Disaster Recovery Journal (more info & on-line articles)
http://www.drj.com

 

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