Antidotes to viruses
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Your support makes all the difference.There are many organisations providing news, advice and software to deal with viruses through the Internet. The main computing news groups always announce new virus discoveries.
PC-users
IBM computer security and virus research
http://www.ibm.com/security
http://www.research.ibm.com/massdist
http://www.brs.ibm.com/
ibmav.html
Leicester's De Montfort University has a special virus information web site. Aimed mainly at PC users, it announces new viruses, has detailed descriptions of individual viruses and links to anti-virus software sites and the virus news group: comp.virus
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/
amoore/virinfo.html
Anti-viral Toolkit Pro is available from:
http://www.thenet.ch/metro
Apple Mac users
Most Mac software sites have a good selection of anti-virus utilities, but try these:
Symantec's anti-virus web site has virus descriptions, advice and software updates.
http://www.symantec.com/
virus/vtech/macvinfo
Datawatch offer Virex 5.6.1 via anonymous FTP at:
gateway.datawatch.com/ pub
Selection of Mac anti-virus software, including Disinfectant 3.6, available by anonymous FTP at:
src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/
mac-umich/utils
Also, watch the news group for announcements of new viruses:
comp.sys.mac.announce
Specific Virus Information
Information on the Good Times hoax virus
http://www.nsm.smcm.edu/News/GTHoax.html
Information on the Prank Macro virus
http://www.research.ibm.com/xw-D953-wconc
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