Current
Virus Threats (a link to McAfee's site)
Current
Hoaxes (a link to McAfee's site)
Virus Myths
and Urban Legends
Virus Bulletins
Macintosh
Virus Info at ICSA Labs
(See the above
Macintosh link for Mac Specific Viruses)
When you listen to the news, you hear about many different
forms of electronic infection. The most common are:
What is a Virus?
A virus is a manmade program or piece of code that causes an
unexpected, usually negative, event. Viruses are often disguised
games or images with clever marketing titles such as "Me,
nude."
What is a Worm?
Computer Worms are viruses that reside in the active memory of a
computer and duplicate themselves. They may send copies of
themselves to other computers, such as through email or Internet
Relay Chat (IRC).
What is a Trojan Horse?
A Trojan horse program is a malicious program that pretends to
be a benign application; a Trojan horse program purposefully
does something the user does not expect. Trojans are not viruses
since they do not replicate, but Trojan horse programs can be
just as destructive.
Many people use the term to refer only to non-replicating
malicious programs, thus making a distinction between Trojans
and viruses.
Have more questions?
Look up more definitions in our Virus
Glossary.
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Some sources for Anti-Virus and Other Programs:
Free Symantec Anti-Virus for U of M students.(requires username and
password to log in. This should be the same username and password you use to access your U of M email.)
McAfee
AVERT Stinger (Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to
detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a substitute for
full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators
and users when dealing with an infected system.) This is updated
regularly.
Panda ActiveScan
This is a utility that will perform a full scan of your system through the internet, and will usually
catch all viruses. It is an excellent tool for disinfecting a machine, but NOT a replacement for full
Anti-Virus software.
Trend Micro HouseCall
Another online virus-scanning engine for remedial use.
AVG
(free licensed Grisoft software for individuals)
Norton
Anti-Virus (requires License and Subscription)
McAfee
Security (requires License and Subscription)
Ad
Aware (free software to check for and eliminate various
processes or cookies running in the background on your computer.
eliminates some pop-up windows or unwanted proxy server connections)
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