AskMen.com - How To: Keep Your Computer Virus-Free
Article with basic advice on virus prevention, and a primer on computer virus terminology.
Burton Systems Software - Virus Avoidance Advice
Advice for avoiding and recovering from computer virus infections, mostly for users of Microsoft Windows. Includes links to many free tools and other resources.
CIAC Virus Database
No longer actively maintained. Detailed information on a number of older computer viruses, particularly for more obscure platforms.
Computer Virus Myths
The canonical reference for computer virus myths, hoaxes, and urban legends.
Doug Muth's Anti-Virus Help Page
Independent site with extensive FAQs, papers, and other antivirus resources.
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 expo…
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 wh…
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 progr…
F-Secure Virus Information Centre
A searchable database of virus descriptions, from the provider of F-Secure range of anti-virus software.
How Stuff Works: Computer Virus
Multipart tutorial describes how computer viruses work.
OpenAntiVirus Project
Project aimed at developing open source antivirus software comparable to current commercial offerings.
Panda Software Virus Laboratory
Up to date and in-depth descriptions of the most common viruses by Panda Software, makers of Panda Antivirus Platinum.
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 ca…
Softpanorama University Skeptical Antivirus page
A skeptical look at anti-virus protection.
Solo Antivirus - Virus encyclopedia
Contains details about latest virus alerts and wide spread virus information.
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 …
TestVirus.org
Tool to automatically send EICAR test files in various formats to a given email address.
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 vir…
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