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Vmyths.com
Learn about computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban legends, hysteria,
and the implications if you believe in them.
You can also search a list of computer virus hoaxes & virus hysteria
from A to Z.
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Links
Security Portal Virus Research
http://securityportal.com/research/research.virus.html
Joe Wells Virus Encyclopedia
http://www.commandcom.com/virus/joe_wells.html
A List of Viruses in the Wild
http://www.wildlist.org/
Symantec's Virus Naming Conventions
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/vnameinfo.html
Symantec's Virus Encyclopedia
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html
Trend Micro's Virus Encylopedia
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default.asp
Sophos' Virus Analyses
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/
PakCert Virus Alert News
http://pakcert.com.pk/pages/Virus_Database_pakcert2.htm
McAfee Virus Information Center (Network Associates)
http://vil.nai.com/villib/alpha.asp
McAfee Visual Trace
http://www.mcafee.com/aboutus/press_room/press_releases/Sep102001_1.asp"
ICSA.net Virus Alerts
http://www.icsa.net/html/communities/antivirus/alerts/
Computer Associates Virus Information File
http://www.cai.com/virusinfo/encyclopedia/
F-Secure Computer Virus Info Center
http://www.datafellows.com/vir-info/
Virus Bulletin Home-Page
http://www.virusbtn.com/index.html
Get Virus Help
http://www.getvirushelp.com/
Anti-Virus, Hoax, Myth, Fraud, Chain Letter and Anti-Spam Sites
http://www.internet-101.com/hoax/
Updating Anti-Virus Software by Ron Allen
http://webpages.charter.net/chizotz/comp-AVUpdating.html
HOW SPOT A HOAX COMPUTER VIRUS ALERT
Did a genuine computer security expert send you the alert?
If your mother-in-law forwarded a chain letter alert, which came from her dentist,
who got it from a podiatrist, who got it from his secretary's daughter,
who supposedly received it at college directly from IBM's virus experts...
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Does it urge you to forward the chain letter to everyone you know?
Genuine virus alerts won't ask you to participate in a chaotic email distribution scheme.
Forward it instead to Vmyths.com (see below) so we can study it.
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Does the email offer a link to an authoritative Email alerts shouldn't go into detail about
a computer virus.
Rather, the alert should summarize the threat and provide a link to a "for more info" page
stored on a well-known computer security website.
Beware: some hoax alerts include generic links to respected websites.
The hoaxster wants you to assume the website has important information about the virus.
A rule of thumb: the link to more information should take you directly to more information
about the threat.
If it doesn't, then you should chide the sender for failing to give you accurate information.
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