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Virus Info

See also at the bottom of this page: Tips on protecting yourself from computer viruses, and "Is Windows a Virus?"

Norton/Symantec Virus Center:

Note: You can use either "norton" or "symantec". Both www.norton.com and www.symantec.com will take you to the same place.

• Virus Center Home Page: http://www.norton.com/avcenter/ - Go here for the latest and the top virus threats. This page also has links to virus removal tools and virus definition updates.
• Search Entire Site: http://www.norton.com/search/ - This page will allow you to search the entire site for virus information. If you can't find what you want by searching the virus encyclopedia, try searching the entire site.
• Search Virus Encyclopedia: http://www.norton.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html - This page lists the latest virus threats going back a few months, and allows you to search the virus database.
• Virus Hoaxes: http://www.norton.com/avcenter/hoax.html - Before you forward that virus warning to everyone you know, check this list of hoaxes!

Snopes.com "Rumor has it" - http://www.snopes.com/ - Info on hoaxes, urban legends, etc. Check here to see if something circulating via email is true or false.

McAfee/Network Associates

• Virus Info Home Page: http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/ - Links to virus news, hoaxes, virus information library, definition file updates, and other items.
• Search Virus Information Library - http://vil.mcafee.com/ - If you can't find what you want, do an advanced search. It will search through all the text of the virus descriptions.
• Virus Hoaxes: http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp? - Before you forward that virus warning to everyone you know, check this list of hoaxes!

Data Fellows Virus Information Centre - http://www.datafellows.com/vir-info/

 Tips on Protecting Yourself from Computer Viruses

• Don
• If you send a file to someone else, be courteous and let them know what it is and the filename. Don
• Don
• Keep your virus definitions up-to-date. When you purchase anti-virus software, you have a subscription, usually 1 year. At the end of the year, you have to renew the subscription so that you can continue getting updated definition files.
• Use real-time protection. If you don

For examples of some common e-mail viruses, see our article on Virus Information.

Just for Fun - Is Windows a Virus?

No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses do:

1. They replicate quickly -- okay, Windows does that.
2. Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system as they do so -- okay, Windows does that.
3. Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk -- okay, Windows does that, too.
4. Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with valuable programs and systems. Sigh... Windows does that, too.
5. Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is too slow (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware. Yup, that's with Windows, too.

Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are fundamental differences: Viruses are well supported by their authors, are running on most systems, their program code is fast, compact and efficient and they tend to become more sophisticated as they mature.

So, Windows is not a virus.

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