Virus Resources
Kevin Cole <kjcole@gri.gallaudet.edu>
Gallaudet Research Institute Copyright © 2001

Before forwarding virus alert e-mails, double-check the legitimacy of the message with one of the following resources. Most of these sites have search tools that allow you to determine if the threat is an actual virus or merely a hoax. They also frequently offer advice on how to disinfect your machine in the unfortunate event that you actually DO have a virus.

• Gallaudet's Information Technology Services Virus Information (http://its.gallaudet.edu/virus.php)
  ITS recommendations for virus handling.

• AntiVirus OpenNet (http://sysintegweb.irm.state.gov/antivirus)

• ClassNet AntiVirus (http://sysintegweb.irm.state.sgov.gov/antivirus)

• Anti-virus Resource Links (http://www.us-cert.gov/federal/)
  from what apparently has become of the Federal Computer Incident Response Center (FedCIRC)

• Data Fellows' Security Information Center (http://www.datafellows.com/vir-info/)
  makers of F-PROT, a popular virus protection software for Windows

• McAfee's Virus Information Library (http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/)
  makers of the McAfee Virus Shield, Dr. Solomon and other anti-virus software

• Symantec's AntiVirus Research Center (http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/)
  makers of the Norton Antivirus software suite

• CIAC's Virus Database (http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACVirusDatabase.html)
  A service of the Computer Incident Advisory Council (CIAC) (http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/) from the Department of Energy and the Lawrence Livermore National Lab

• Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC) (http://csrc.ncsl.nist.gov/virus/)
  from the National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) (http://www.cert.org/other_sources/viruses.html)
  out of Carnegie Mellon University

• Sophos Virus Information (http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/)

• GriSoft AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com/doc/1)

• Virus Bulletin (http://www.virusbtn.com/)
  They offer a magazine subscription...

• Trend Micro (http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp)
  They have an on-line virus scan (a good one, according to sources)

Hoax Resources

• CIAC's HoaxBusters Page (http://HoaxBusters.ciac.org/) A service of the Computer Incident Advisory Council (CIAC) (http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/) from the Department of Energy and the Lawrence Livermore National Lab

• F-Secure's Hoax page (http://www.datafellows.com/virus-info/hoax/)

• Don't Spread That Hoax! (http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/default.htm)

• McAfee's Hoax Center (http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp)

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