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Virus & Malware

Information and software to treat and protect against the major computer plagues: virus, worm, trojan horse, hoax, chain-letter.

Free Protection Software	Company
Avira AntiVir Personal	Avira GmbH, Alemanha
avast! Home Edition	Alwil, Czech Rep.
ClamWin (GPL)	ClamAV
BitDefender Free Edition	Softwin BitDefender
AntiVir Personal Edition	H+BEDV, Germany
AVG Free Edition	AVG (Grisoft)

Company	Information				Tools
	Center	Encyclopedia	Mailing	Blog	Products	Removal	Online Scan	Analysis
	Hispasec	Articulos	Una al día	Blog VT	-	Utilidades online	VirusTotal (39 AVs)
Jotti	-	-	-	-	-	-	Malware scan (20 AVs)
	viruslist.com, Ameaças	vl Encyclopedia	vl Subscriptions, K RSS, Informer	Analyst's Diary	Kaspersky ($)	Kaspersky tools, FTP utils	Verificação	Enviar caso
	-	Virus Reference	a! Subscription	Forum	Free Home, avast! ($)	-	File Scanner	Support:
	-	-	Vir News	-	ArcaVir ($)	ArcaNix	ArcaVir scanner
	ThreatMatrix	-	Authentium Lists	Authentium Blogs	Command ($)	FAQ: Scanner	Cmd on Demand	Submit Sample, FAQ: Sample
	Vírus e ameaças	Enciclopédia	-	AVG Blogs	AVG ($), AVG Free	AVG Removal	-	-
	-	Avira Threats	Newsletters	TechBlog	Free Personal, AntiVir ($)	AntiVir Tools	-	-
	Centro de Defesa	BT Enciclopédia, Tempo-Real	BT RSS, 10 dicas	-	Free Edition, BitDefender ($)	Defender Tools	Online Scan [IE]
	Vexira KBase	-	-	-	Windows ($), Vexira ($)	-	-	-
	Clam AV	ClamAV Wiki, Virus DB Search	CAV Lists, RSS, ClamWin Lists	ClamWin Blogs	ClamWin	-	COSS file test	Enviar arquivo
	Security Advisor	CA Virus Info, Spyware Info	-	Research Blog	CA Protect ($)	CA Downloads	-	-
	Dr.Web News	Dr.Web Virus	Sign up, Dr.Web RSS	-	Dr. Web ($)	-	-	-
	a-squared KBase	Malware Db	User account	-	a-squared ($), a-squared Free	-	-	Submit Malware
	ESET Threat Center	Enciclopedia, Virus Radar	Essential Security	Threat Blog	NOD32 ($)	Removers	Online Scanner	SysInspector,
	Virus Info	Virus Threats	E-Mail Alerts, Feeds	F-Prot Forum	F-Prot AV	F-Prot DOS	-	Submit file
	Security Center	Description Db	F-Secure RSS	F-S Weblog	F-Secure ($)	Malware Rmv, F-Secure Tools	F-S OLScanner	F-S Send Sample
	Security Labs [de]	-	-	-	G DATA ($)	-	-	-
	[at]	-	-	-	Ikarus [at] ($)	-	-	-
	Threat Center, Recomendações	Avert Labs, Threat Library	Newsletter, Security Insights	Avert Blog, SI Blog	VirusScan ($)	Stinger, McAfee Tools	FreeScan, SiteAdvisor	WebImmune
	mks (tradução)	-	-	-	mks_vir ($)	-	-	-
	Virus & security	Virus descriptions, Book on Viruses	-	Security blog	Norman ($)	Norman tools	-	SandBox, Malware Analyzer
	P Security Info	Encyclopedia, Infection Map	Subscrições	Panda Blogs	Panda ($)	Reparação	ActiveScan
	Sophos Security	Analyses, Disinfection	Email notification, Sophos RSS	SphLabs blog	Sophos ($)	Free Tools	-	Send Sample
	Security Response	Threat Explorer, Educação	Boletim, Security Alert	SR Blogs	Norton ($)	Norton Tools, Remoção	Security Check	Amostras
	TrendWatch	Security Info, Virus Map	TM Newsletter, TM RSS	Malware Blog	Produtos ($)	HijackThis, TrendProtect	HouseCall	-
	-	-	-	-	VBA32 ($)	-	-	-

• The Ten Commandments of Anti-Virus Security
  Gab's Antivirus Security Tips - English.
• Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
  CSIRT Virus Watch. Security Bulletins. VulRec - Vulnerability reconnaissance. Security News.
• Malware Block List
  The Malware Block List is a free, automated and user contributed system for checking URLs for the presence of Viruses, Trojans, Worms, or any other software considered Malware. The list is available in various formats. You can contribute to the Malware Block List by filling their web form or forwarding suspect e-mail messages by e-mail.

Virus & Anti-Virus

• The WildList
  By WildList Organization International
  This is a cooperative listing of viruses reported as being in the wild by 63 virus information professionals. By Joe Wells, 1993-2001.
• ICSA Labs - Anti-Virus
  By Cybertrust. Certified Products, Anti-Virus Product Developers Consortium, Lab Reports.
  By ICSA Labs (icsa.net).
• Virus Bulletin
  Virus Bulletin is the technical journal on developments in the field of computer viruses and anti-virus products.
  Virus Bulletin 100% Awards (VB100%).
  WildList Index at VirusBtn.
• Checkmark Certification
  By West Coast Labs. Checkmark - Information Security Product Certification.
• AV-Test.org
  Tests of Anti-Virus Software. Independent, comprehensive, qualified, fast, and free.
• AV-Comparatives
  Independent comparatives of Anti-Virus software. All products listed in comparatives are already a selection of some very good anti-virus products. In order to get tested by us, companies must fulfill various conditions and minimum requirements.
  AV-Comparatives Weblog: stay informed about current tests and releases.
• EICAR - European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research
  The AntiVirus testfile eicar.com.
• AVAR - Association of anti Virus Asia Researchers
• Computer Virus Help
  By Henri Delger. All About Viruses, Worms, & Trojans, Anti-Virus Vendors & Encyclopedias links, Preventing Virus Problems, Recovery from Data Disaster, Virus-related Hoaxes & Chain Letters.
• Computer Knowledge Virus Tutorial
  By Computer Knowledge.
• PC Security & Virus Info
  Safe Hex Central/II by William(Bill) J. Dirks.
• VirusProt [In Spanish]
  Information, news and resources about virus protection and information security.
• ZONAVirus [In Spanish]
  Anti-virus portal in Spanish. News, Reviews, Articles, History, Anti-virus, Download.
• The Viral Mind: Understanding the Motives of Malicious Coders
  Article by D. D. Shelby - SLAM Virus Team, published at SecurityFocus.com Infocus.
• IBM Antivirus Reseach
  Scientific Papers, Recent Press, Virus Timeline.

Information Centers from Anti-Virus Producers

Symantec - SSR

• Symantec Security Response (formerly AntiVirus Research Center (SARC))
  Virus Hoaxes, Information on Jokes, Virus Encyclopedia, Symantec Glossary, FAQ.
  By Symantec Corporation - Norton AntiVirus.
• Symantec - Internet Security Threat Report
  By Symantec.com Business - Security Response. Archive since Volume I, January 2002, up to current.
• Symantec Security Check
  Symantec Security Check is a free service designed to help you understand your computer's exposure to online security intrusions and virus threats.

McAfee - AVERT

• McAfee's Security Advice Center
  Security Information: Antivírus, AntiSpyware, Segurança na Internet da família, Realize compras on-line com segurança, Pesquisa segura, Proteção contra roubo de ID, Proteção contra phishing, Prevenção de perda de dados, AntiSpam, Segurança de e-mail e IM, Defesa de crime cibernético.
  Resources: Glossário, Testes de segurança, Vídeos, McAfee SiteAdvisor, FreeScan, Ferramentas de remoção de vírus, Mantendo-se protegido com a McAfee, McAfee Recomendação de produtos.
  Community: McAfee's Blog Central, McAfee Labs Blog, McAfee Avert Labs Podcast.
• McAfee Virus Information Library
  Virus Information Center - Find alphabetically dozens of thousands virus threats existent, worms, trojan horses, and malicious programs. Virus Removal Tools, Threat Activity, Top Tracked Viruses, Virus Hoaxes, Regional Virus Information, Global Virus Map, Virus Calendar, Glossary, Anti-Virus Tips.
• McAfee Labs
  Threat Intelligence, Threat Technologies, Publications.
• AVERT Labs - McAfee Security
  Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team (AVERT).
• McAfee Research & Reports
  McAfee Virtual Criminology Report 2009 (PDF).
• A Global Plan to Fight Cybercrime
  McAfee Cybersafety Resource Portal. Additional Resources.
• McAfee Labs blog
  

Kaspersky

• viruslist.com
  Virus Encyclopedia, Alerts, Analysis, News, Glossary, Weblog.
  Weblog: Analyst's Diary.
  By Kaspersky Lab - Kaspersky AntiVirus (AVP).
  Formerly AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP), originally developed by Eugene Kaspersky.

F-Prot

• Anti-Virus with F-PROT Engine by Frisk Software:
  • Frisk Software International - F-Prot Anti-Virus
  • Authentium (EUA) - Command Anti-Virus, ESP Security Suite.

Other

• F-Secure Security Information Center
  F-Secure Hoax warnings: This page is considered an industry standard information source for new virus hoaxes and false alerts.
  By F-Secure Corporation (formerly Data Fellows. Europe, Finland).
  
• Aladdin Content Security Resource Center
  By Aladdin Knowledge Systems / Aladdin Knowledge Systems Brasil.
  News, Alerts, Lists, Hoaxes, Top10. Formerly eSafe Anti-Virus Center.
  Aladdin Security Portal
  eSafe Internet Security Unit by Aladdin Knowledge Systems.
• Stiller Research
  Integrity Master Virus Protection - Data Integrity.
  General Information, including Introduction to Viruses. Virus Report: Virus and Safe Computing News, Virus Hoax News, Top Five Hottest Hoaxes. Links.
• AntiVirus Expert (AVX)
  By Central Command.
• MessageLabs Intelligence
  MessageLabs, now part of Symantec, live virus information service. Formerly VirusEye. Virus count, Virus/email ratio, Reports, Threat list, Global outbreak, mailing list.
  MessageLabs is a Managed Service Provider (MSP) specialising in internet-level e-mail content filtering.
• Microsoft Security at Home: Help Prevent Viruses
  What is a virus, worm, or Trojan Horse?.
• Microsoft TechNet: Information on the "Nimda" Worm

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Hoaxes & Urban Legends

• QuatroCantos.com - Lendas e folclore da Internet: as pulhas virtuais (hoax) [In Portuguese]
  “Pulhas virtuais: boatos, lendas, falsos vírus e meias verdades.” Introductory article by Gevilacio Aguiar Coêlho de Moura.
  Large catalog of hoaxes and legends, with cronological and alphabetic indexes.
• CIAC HoaxBusters - Internet Hoaxes & Chain Letters
  Hoax Categories: Malicious Code (Virus and Trojan ) Warnings, Urban Myths, Give Aways, Inconsequential Warnings, Sympathy Letters and Requests to Help Someone, Traditional Chain Letters, Threat Chains, Scam Chains, Stupid Hoaxes. Formerly at hoaxbusters.ciac.org.
• Vmyths
  Truth about computer security hysteria
  By Rob Rosenberger - Computer Virus Myths home page.
  Learn about computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban legends, hysteria, and the implications if you believe in them. You can also search a list of computer virus hoaxes from A to Z.
  How to spot a hoax computer virus alert - useful resources.
• Don't Spread that Hoax!
  Hoax Catalog, References, Famous Hoaxes, More Hoaxes.
• HoaxKill
  Hoax information service. Virus hoaxes, Chain letters, Urban legends, Jokes. Discussion, Links.
• Urban Legends and Folklore
  Urban Legends Guide by About.com, David Emery. mirror tqn.com.
• Urban Legends Reference Pages
  www.snopes.com. By The San Fernando Valley Folklore Society.
  Inboxer Rebellion: e-mail legends.
• The AFU & Urban Legends Archive
  From alt.folklore.urban (AFU) newsgroup. The AFU and Urban Legends Archive - Good Times Virus FAQ.
• American Cancer Society: Email Hoaxes and Chain Mail
  Fraudulent Jessica Mydek Chain Letter and many other cancer hoaxes. Urban Legends Reference: American Cancer Society 3¢ Hoax.
• Microsoft Brasil Press release: Falso e-mail com programa de contagem regressiva do ano 2000
  "virus Microsoft Year 2000 Counter" - São Paulo, 16 de Setembro de 1999.
• Virus Hoax: Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java (Jdbgmgr.exe) Is Not a Virus
  Microsoft Support Article ID #322993.
• Symantec Security: Hoax SULFNBK.EXE Warning
  Description of Sulfnbk.exe and How to Replace the Program File, Microsoft Support Article ID #301316.