Advice for avoiding and recovering from computer virus infections, mostly for users of Microsoft Windows. Includes links to many free tools and other resources.
Massive collection of antivirus links and news.
Tool to automatically send EICAR test files in various formats to a given email address.
Article with basic advice on virus prevention, and a primer on computer virus terminology.
Article showing how to test the effectiveness of anti-virus heuristics using modifications of the EICAR test file.
News and technical articles on developments on viruses and anti-virus products.
Points out that Mydoom was so damaging only because so many individual net users were so unprotected despite education efforts that apparently do not have any significant effect on user behavior.
Virus alerts, mailing list, and searchable descriptions of common viruses.
No longer actively maintained. Detailed information on a number of older computer viruses, particularly for more obscure platforms.
Virus information from makers of e-Trust Antivirus (formerly known as InoculateIT).
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