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- Anti-Virus Review (Anti-Virus-Software-Review.com)
Reviews popular anti-virus programs. Recommends BitDefender, PC-cillin, and AVG. 11-04
- Editorial - Virus Gang Warfare (RedTape.msnbc.com)
"There might be a gang fight raging in your bedroom or study right now. There's no gunfire, no blood, and you won’t smell any smoke. But there is a battle. The fight is over your bandwidth and your PC processing power." 03-07
- Firewall Protection (ZoneLabs.com)
Provides protection using ZoneAlarm software against hackers and viruses. 3-02
- Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) (Microsoft.com)
"The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers running Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom—and helps remove any infection found." 04-06
- Rollback Software - Norton's Goback (Symantec.com)
Allows the computer to go back to a time before a problem, such as an anti-virus attack. 11-04
- Trojan Horses Definition (Wikipedia.org)
"In the context of computer software, a Trojan horse is a malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software. The term is derived from the classical myth of the Trojan Horse. They may look useful or interesting (or at the very least harmless) to an unsuspecting user, but are actually harmful when executed." 04-06
- Trojans Protection - Review of Trojan Hunter (Anti-Trojan-Software-Reviews.com)
Reviews and recommends Trojan Hunter as one of the two best anti-trojan programs. TDS-3 is also recommended. 11-04
- Trojans Protection - Review of Vendors (Anti-Trojan-Software-Reviews.com)
Compares some anti-trojan programs that Wilders.org considers to be quite good for protection. Recommends Trojan Hunter and TDS-3 as the most effective. 11-04
- Trojans Protection - Review of Vendors (Wilders.org)
Compares some anti-trojan programs that Wilders.org considers to be quite good for protection. Editor's Note: Recommends BOClean, but others do not because it does not have a file scanner and has missed more attacks than other top programs in simulated attacks.11-04
- Virus Protection - AVG (AVG Anti-Virus)
Provides a free anti-virus. 9-04
- Virus Protection - Housecall (Housecall.Trendmicro.com)
Provides a free anti-virus scan. 9-04
- Virus Protection - ProcessGuard (DiamondCS.com)
Protects against viruses, trojans, and other attacks.
"DiamondCS ProcessGuard is a groundbreaking security system first released late in 2003 that protects Windows processes from attacks by other processes, services, drivers, and other forms of executing code on your system. ProcessGuard also stops applications from executing without the users consent, stops malicious worms and trojans from being executed silently in the background, as well as a variety of other attacks. ProcessGuard even stops most keyloggers and leaktests, and is recognised by many to be the most comprehensive anti-rootkit solution available." 12-04
- Virus Protection - Review of Vendors (About.com)
Compares some better-known anti-virus programs. Recommends PC-cillin. 11-04
- Virus Protection - Review of Vendors (Anti-Virus-Software-Review.com)
Compares some better-known anti-virus programs. Recommends BitDefender, PC-cillin, and AVG. 11-04
- Virus Protection - Review of Vendors (ICSA Labs)
Lists operating systems that have been safely protected by different anti-virus programs. 11-04
- Virus Protection - Review of Vendors (Virus Bulletin)
Compares the effectiveness of different anti-virus programs. 11-04
- Virus Protection - Review of Vendors (Wilders.org)
Compares some lesser-known anti-virus programs that Wilders.org considers to be quite good for protection. 11-04
News
- -08-22-05 Hackers Fight Hackers (CBS News)
"In today's murky world of digital viruses, worms, and Trojan horses, the idea is to stay quiet and use hijacked computers to flood the Internet with spam, spread destructive viruses, or disgorge e-mail to choke corporate systems. Not only can networks of these compromised computers be leased or sold, experts say, they are becoming more valuable as the number of vulnerable computers slowly shrinks." 8-05
- -10-03-07 The Worm that Roared (Time Magazine)
"Nobody knows who's behind the Storm Worm. F-Secure suspects a group based in Russia, but there's no way to be sure, and recent Storm Worm subject lines referring to Labor Day and the start of the football season suggest that those involved have an American connection. What is certain is that they are very smart--prodigious innovators engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with security firms that so far they're winning." 10-07
- Virus Protection Hoaxes (IBM)
Provides news or alerts on computer virus hoaxes.
- Virus Protection News (About.com - Landesman)
Provides suggestions on preventing damage from viruses. 10-02
- Virus Protection News 1 (IBM)
Provides news or alerts on computer viruses and hoaxes.
- Virus Protection News 2 (IBM)
Provides news or alerts on computer viruses and hoaxes. 9-99
Papers
- FBI-Paris Hilton Worm Year's Worst (MSNBC News)
"It looks like an e-mail from the FBI, or a note promising pictures of Paris Hilton -- but some anti-virus companies are now calling it the most widespread computer virus outbreak of the year."
"Sober-Y, the latest variation of a computer virus that was first released almost two years ago, surprised analysts Tuesday by gaining traction and rocketing millions of e-mails around the world." 11-05
- Review of Norton 360 (CBS News)
"I'm happy to report that the company reformed its ways. Its newest product, Norton 360, has no noticeable impact on system performance and has left me blissfully almost unaware of its presence." 05-07
- Spoofing Email Addresses (CNet.com)
Describes how your email address can be used as the return address from someone sending a virus. There is no known cure. 12-04
- Virus Protection (Awesome Library - Adams)
- Virus Protection (Awesome Library - Adams)
- Virus Protection (ZDNet)
Provides over a dozen articles and links to shareware to combat computer viruses.
- Virus Protection (ZDNet)
Provides over a dozen articles and links to shareware to combat computer viruses.
Purchase Resources
- Virus Protection (McAfee)
- Virus Protection (Norton) 11-04
- Virus Protection - AVG (AVG Anti-Virus)
Depending on the product, provides anti-virus, anti-worm, anti-phishing, anti-trojans, anti-adware, anti-spyware, firewall, and anti-spam. 07-07
- Virus Protection - Free Scan (McAfee)
- Virus Protection - PC-cillin (Trendmicro.com) 11-04
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