More Information About Viruses

Eugene Kaspersky, author of AVP: Antiviral Toolkit Pro, also maintains a constantly updated encyclopedia of virus information that can either be read online or downloaded
1. DOS Evaluation Version of the Antiviral Toolkit Pro
list of sites from which AVP can be downloaded
2. AVP Virus Encyclopedia
AVP22E-A.ZIP, the downloadable AVP Virus Encyclopedia
a tablized list of sites worldwide from which the AVP Virus Encyclopedia can be downloaded
3. AVP News: frequently updated
Virus Information from the Computer Security Resource Clearinghouse (NIST/CSL)
Antivirus information from the Data Fellows World-Wide Web Server
1. Information About Macro Viruses
2. A Report on Windows 95 Viruses
3. Computer Virus News from F-PROT Bulletins
4. Other F-PROT-related WWW sites
VIRUS-L/comp.virus FAQ
an ASCII version of the FAQ is also available as a zipfile, vlfaq200.zip
alt.comp.virus FAQ
Rob Rosenberger's Computer Virus Myths
1. Generic Myths
2. Specific Myths & Urban Legends
3. Persistent Virus Hoaxes & Urban Legends
4. Media Flops & Fiascos
5. Persistent (non-virus) Hoaxes & Urban Legends
6. Genuine Horror Stories
The Truth About Computer E-Mail Viruses
U.S. Department of Energy's Computer Incident Advisory Capability Internet Hoaxes Page
Antivirus Home Page of the Computer Advisory and Support Group at the Open University (UK)
Guidelines on Removing or Disarming PC Viruses (National Center for Information Security)
Antivirus Information for Macintosh Computers (University of Texas-Austin)
Virus Test Center (University of Hamburg)
Patricia Hoffman's VSUM: Virus Information Summary List is an hypertext compendium of virus information, including what a virus does, how to detect it, how to clean it, where it came from, etc. VSUM is a copyrighted work that may not be used by a business, corporation, organization, government, or agency environment without a site license. Individual Home Users are asked to register their use of VSUM for a $30 annual fee. The hypertext VSUM is updated by the author on a monthly basis.
1. The Latest VSUM Virus Scanning Certification Results
2. VSUM Virus Scanning Product Certification Information
Norman De Forest's Anti-Virus Info
speech-friendly anti-virus information, along with a copious collection of anti-viral links...