Full Coverage: Computer Viruses
News Stories
- U.S. Warns Banks of Virus-Like Infection AP - Tue, Jun 10, 2003
- Microsoft to Offer Own Antivirus Product AP - Tue, Jun 10, 2003
- Internet "Bugbear" virus targets global banks: FBI AFP - Tue, Jun 10, 2003
- BugBear has little impact at Australian banks The Age - Tue, Jun 10, 2003
- Bugbear Variant Still a Threat NewsFactor/Yahoo! News - Mon, Jun 09, 2003
Feature Articles
- Bugbear.b is on the prowl CNET - Thu, Jun 05, 2003
- SARS isn't the only virus we need to worry about FinanceAsia.com - Wed, May 14, 2003
- How a computer hacker and an internet virus called Slammer gave the worldwide web a serious cold The Independent (UK) - Tue, Jan 28, 2003
- How the net leaves itself open to attack BBC - Tue, Jan 28, 2003
- Massive Internet outage was preventable UPI - Sun, Jan 26, 2003
- Worm exposes apathy, Microsoft flaws CNET.com - Sun, Jan 26, 2003
Opinion & Editorials
- Worm Attack Could Have Been Much Worse Fortune - Mon, Jan 27, 2003
- Virus protection The Independent (UK) - Mon, Jan 27, 2003
- Slammer worm: is this a trial run? Sydney Morning Herald - Mon, Jan 27, 2003
- End of innocence Philadelphia Inquirer - Fri, May 03, 2002
- Beware the dreaded Howard virus Sydney Morning Herald - Thu, Mar 28, 2002
- Trash it, don't risk it Gulf News - Thu, Dec 06, 2001
Related Web Sites
- World Virus Map
- geographical representation of infected files and computers across the globe. Also: the virus information library. From McAfee.com.
- CERT Coordination Center
- studies Internet security vulnerabilities, provides incident response services, publishes security alerts, publishes virus information, researches security and survivability in WAN computing.
- FBI National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC)
- performs threat assessment, warning, investigation, and response for threats or attacks against critical infrastructures, including telecommunications, utilities, government operations, and emergency services.
- Computer Virus Timeline
- from 1949, when theories for self-replicating programs first developed, to 2001. From Infoplease.com.
- How Computer Viruses Work
- overview of email viruses. From Howstuffworks.com.
- Antivirus Software Guide
- virus updates, and links to tools for virus detection, prevention, and removal. From About: Antivirus Software.