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Books

Books which may be of use (a few of these are somewhat dated but still of some value for learning the basics):

	Viruses Revealed by David Harley, Urs E. Gattiker, Robert Slade Paperback-400 pages (August 2001) Osborne McGraw-Hill
	Bigelow's Virus Troubleshooting Pocket Reference by Ken Dunham Paperback-267 pages 1st edition (August 7, 2000) McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
	Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection for Windows (O'Reilly Computer Security) by Roger A. Grimes Paperback-542 pages 1 Ed edition (August 2001) O'Reilly & Associates
	E-mail Virus Protection Handbook: Protect your E-mail from Viruses, Tojan Horses, and Mobile Code Attacks by James Stanger Paperback-476 pages (October 30, 2000) Syngress Media Inc
	Virus Proof, 2nd Edition by Phil Schmauder Paperback-350 pages 2nd Bk&cdr edition (July 20, 2000) Premier Press, Inc.
	The Virus Creation Labs : A Journey into the Underground by George Smith Paperback (December 1994) Amer Eagle Pubns

No matter where you get your information, be certain you know the qualifications of the source. Something called the False Authority Syndrome often applies when it comes to virus information.

Summary

• Anti-virus vendor sites are a good source of continuing information.
• Follow discussions on the newsgroups with great care.
• Know the qualifications of sources from which you get information.

Current Threats

Below are links to pages that describe some of the more common viruses and worms. These are presented more for their educational value as to what these beasts can do and (basically) how they do it. This is NOT a tutorial on how to write a virus, nor is it designed to be the quickest source of information about the latest virus/worm getting exposure in the press.

If you don't see the virus/worm you are looking for here please visit one of the anti-virus vendor sites and check their much more complete and up-to-date encyclopedias. Also, brief summaries of new viruses are placed into the Computer Knowledge monthly newsletter.

Here we have profiles for...

• Back Orifice
  A backdoor Trojan.
• CIH Spacefiller
  A file-infecting virus the press dubbed Chernobyl.
• Kakworm
  Worm that exploits security vulnerabilities in IE and Outlook.
• Laroux
  The most widespread Excel macro virus.
• Love Letter
  Worm that sends itself as an attachment to E-mail.
• Melissa
  The original widespread E-mail worm.
• Nimda
  A worm with many infection techniques.
• Pretty Park
  Trojan that can serve as a backdoor into your computer.
• Stages
  An E-mail worm that is believed to be the first use of a scrap file to spread.

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