12 February 2008

Computer Virus Resources

This document lists resources that might be useful for dealing with computer viruses. We have provided these lists for information and convenience only. As part of a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), the CERT® Coordination Center cannot endorse any products, services, or organizations.

Hoax and Chain Letter Databases

The CERT Coordination Center receives many calls and emails from people asking whether or not a message they received via email is true or not. The following list of resources can help you separate the hoaxes from the valid warnings. (In addition to these resources, there are also several papers in section VII. Papers and Articles that discuss how to identify a hoax.)

Virus Databases

The following databases can be useful if you are looking for specific information about a particular virus. Some of the databases are larger than others and some may have more detailed information than others do.

Virus Organizations and Publications

The following descriptions come from the web site of the organization or publication.
  • AVAR (Association of Anti Virus Asia Reasearchers)

    http://www.aavar.org/
    • The mission of the AVAR is to prevent the spread and damage caused by malicious software, and to develop cooperative relationship among anti malicious software experts in Asia. We are independent and not-for-profit organization which is oriented in Asia Pacific region. AVAR consists of prominent experts on computer virus from various areas such as Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Singapore,Taiwan, UK, and U.S.A. Our independence helps us to play an important role to fight against computer virus globally and to raise users' awareness on computer security issues.
  • EICAR (European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research)
    • http://www.eicar.com/
    EICAR combines universities, industry and media plus technical, security and legal experts from civil and military government and law enforcement as well as privacy protection organisations whose objectives are to unite non-commercial efforts against writing and proliferation of malicious code like computer viruses or Trojan Horses, and, against computer crime, fraud and the misuse of computers or networks, inclusive malicious exploitation of personnel data, based on a code of conduct.
  • Virus Bulletin
    • http://www.virusbtn.com/
    The international publication on computer virus prevention, recognition and removal. Virus Bulletin is the technical journal on developments in the field of computer viruses and anti-virus products
  • The WildList Organization International
    • http://www.wildlist.org/
    The mission of the Wildlist Organization is to provide accurate, timely and comprehensive information about "In the Wild" computer viruses to both users and product developers. The WildList, a list of computer viruses found in the wild and reported by a diverse group of over 40 qualified volunteers, is made available free of charge by the organization.

Anti-Virus Vendors

Anti-virus products provide important tools for protecting your systems from computer viruses. Since new viruses are created every day, it is important to keep your anti-virus product up to date. The following list of anti-virus vendors includes URLs from which you can download updates for anti-virus products and for definition files. Some vendors use email mailing lists to alert users of updates. Often, you can subscribe to these lists through the vendors web sites.

Anti-Spyware/Adware Vendors

Anti-Spyware/Adware products provide important tools for protecting your systems from computer Spyware and Adware. Since new spyware is created every day, it is important to keep your anti-Spyware/Adware product up to date. The following list of anti-Spyware/Adware vendors includes URLs from which you can download updates for anti-virus products and for definition files.
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