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How viruses fight back?
Written on 27 Mar, 2012 at 14:06 in Antivirus Article, Virus Protection Tips, Virus Research/white papers | viewed times | 0 Comments
“The GoldBug virus has extensive anti-anti-virus routines. It can install itself while several resident anti-virus monitors are running. It will prohibit most popular anti-virus programs from running, and will also by-pass several integrity checking programs” -from the original source code... (Continue reading)
The lowdown on antivirus testing, part 2
Written on 20 Mar, 2012 at 1:26 in Antivirus Article, Virus Research/white papers | viewed times | 0 Comments
In my previous newsletter, which summarized a lecture delivered by Sarah Gordon, a former member of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, and Fraser Howard of the _Virus Bulletin_, I discussed the pros and cons of antivirus testing. Here... (Continue reading)
The low down on antivirus testing,part 1
Written on 20 Mar, 2012 at 1:09 in Antivirus Article, Virus Research/white papers | viewed times | 0 Comments
At the 23rd National Information Systems Security Conference held last October, Sarah Gordon, who was then a member of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, and Fraser Howard, of the _Virus Bulletin_, presented a thought-provoking overview of antivirus software... (Continue reading)
What is an antivirus researcher?
Written on 12 Mar, 2012 at 0:51 in Antivirus Article, Virus Research/white papers | viewed times | 0 Comments
People ask me all the time “what exactly is an antivirus researcher?” Sometimes I point them to the “what I do” section of this site, but lately it’s occurred to me that I might make a more formalized picture of... (Continue reading)
History of Computer Viruses
Written on 26 Feb, 2012 at 2:34 in Antivirus Article, Virus Research/white papers | viewed times | 0 Comments
A computer virus is a program that is written specifically to replicate, spread from computer to computer. Viruses are distinguished from worms in that viruses require a host. In the case of a computer virus you must run an infected... (Continue reading)
Avoiding Spam
Written on 22 Feb, 2012 at 2:24 in Antivirus Article, Virus Research/white papers | viewed times | 0 Comments
CDT, or the Center for Democracy and Technology, did an extensive study on where spam, or unwanted commercial email, comes from. As a result, they developed this list of tips for preventing spam. This is especially helpful for people who... (Continue reading)
WildList, May 1997
Written on 16 Feb, 2012 at 16:56 in Antivirus Article, Virus Research/white papers | viewed times | 1 Comment
This is a cooperative listing of viruses reported as being in the wild by 46 virus information professionals. The basis for these reports are virus incidents where a sample was received, and positively identified by the participant. Rumors and unverified... (Continue reading)
ViruSafe’s Word Macro Virus Killer
Written on 16 Feb, 2012 at 16:17 in Virus list & description, Virus Research/white papers | viewed times | 0 Comments
Word Macro Virus Overview Word Macro Viruses infect Microsoft Word 6.0 documents by modifying (*.DOC) and the NORMAL.DOT template. When an infected document is opened under Microsoft Word prior to NORMAL.DOT being infected, the virus gets control as an AutoOpen... (Continue reading)
Nextel’s virus soap opera v2.0
Written on 12 Feb, 2012 at 1:30 in Virus list & description, Virus Research/white papers | viewed times | 1 Comment
Perhaps you wonder if they dealt with ILoveYou like the actors in their video. Well, wonder no more! A Nextel employee wrote me to say: We got a big kick out of [the soap opera] because most of our handset... (Continue reading)
Resources : Multimedia files
Written on 12 Feb, 2012 at 0:17 in Antivirus Article, Virus Research/white papers | viewed times | 0 Comments
Don’t blame Microsoft (streaming video) “Bill Gates doesn’t sell antivirus software — so don’t blame Microsoft for your virus woes. Go out and buy a better antivirus product.” Vmyths.com editor Rob Rosenberger created this 11-minute video in May 2000, soon... (Continue reading)