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Antivirus, spyware and security

Astalavista Group: Don't let hackers, crackers, phone phreaks, or script kiddies catch you off guard. Find the latest news from the IT underground on this site.

CERT Coordination Center: This is Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute’s center for Internet security expertise.

Church of the Swimming Elephant: This Web site focuses on a variety of IT security issues, offering virus information, bug fixes, tools, and a whole lot more.

Drizzle.com: This is the unofficial guide to wireless security issues—a fascinating page and a great starting point for exploring this topic.

Spam Abuse: This site has been helping the public fight spam since 1996. A good place to go to learn how to most effectively protect your organization from this menace.

Spywareinfo.com: Learn how to protect your users from the growing threat of spyware and stay informed about the latest threats and techniques for averting them.

Symantec Antivirus Research Center: This site is essential for users of Norton Antivirus software. In fact, even if you don't use Norton Antivirus, it's one of best sources of virus information on the Web.

Vmyths.com: Want to know if the latest virus scare is real? Vmyths.com offers straightforward info about computer virus myths, hoaxes, and urban legends.

Anatomy of a Virus: This document is in the PDF format. You can download the acrobat

reader HERE.


This is a list of adware and spyware programs

Ad-Aware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com
CWShredder - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
DSOstop2 - http://www.wilders.org/downloads.htm
Firefox - http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Google Toolbar - http://www.google.com/options/index.html
Hosts File - http://accs-net.com/hosts/get_hosts.html
HTAStop - http://www.wilders.org/downloads.htm
Shoot The Messenger - http://www.grc.com/freepopular.htm
SocketLock - http://www.grc.com/freepopular.htm
Spybot Search & Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
Spyware Blaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Unplug & Pray - http://www.grc.com/freepopular.htm
WinSockFix - http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html

 

 

 

Please Note: Although many of the Web sites mentioned above are free, some require you to sign up for an account before you can use their services. This normally requires you to provide the site with an e-mail address. Some sites also only allow you free access to a limited amount of information but require you to pay a fee for total access.

 

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