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Team Anti-Virus
An organization for independent anti-virus researchers to facilitate communication, collaboration, and public education. Publishs and links to many papers written by independent researchers.
http://www.teamanti-virus.org/

Softpanorama University Skeptical Antivirus page
A skeptical look at anti-virus protection.
http://www.softpanorama.org/Antivirus/index.shtml

AskMen.com - How To: Keep Your Computer Virus-Free
Article with basic advice on virus prevention, and a primer on computer virus terminology.
http://www.askmen.com/fashion/how_to_60/66_how_to.html

History of Computer Viruses
A technically oriented history of computer viruses by Robert M. Slade.
http://www.cknow.com/vtutor/vtsladecontents.htm

Lets have fun with EICAR
Article showing how to test the effectiveness of anti-virus heuristics using modifications of the EICAR test file.
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0307&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=1734

Virus Bulletin
News and technical articles on developments on viruses and anti-virus products.
http://www.virusbtn.com/

European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR)
Combines universities, industry, media, technical, security, and legal experts from civil and military government and law enforcement as well as privacy protection organizations whose objectives are to unite non-commercial efforts against writing and proliferation of malicious code like computer viruses or Trojan Horses, and against computer crime and fraud.
http://www.eicar.org/

Personal Home Page - Gordon, Sarah
Various papers on computer viruses, computer security, and ethics.
http://www.badguys.org/

The WildList Organization International
Organization which maintains a fairly comprehensive list of computer viruses which are still found "in the wild".
http://www.wildlist.org/

Doug Muth's Anti-Virus Help Page
Independent site with extensive FAQs, papers, and other antivirus resources.
http://www.claws-and-paws.com/virus/

How Stuff Works: Computer Virus
Multipart tutorial describes how computer viruses work.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/virus.htm

Virus or Hoax?
Created to provide basic information about viruses. Links to major anti-virus companies, public services, software downloads, and updates.
http://virusall.com/

Antivirus World
Antivirus news, information, online tests, and useful downloads.
Computer Virus Myths
The canonical reference for computer virus myths, hoaxes, and urban legends.
http://www.vmyths.com/

Tim O'Leary's Anti Virus Resource site
An independent site with links to a wide variety of antivirus information and download sites. Includes links to free antivirus programs.
http://www.strategos.com.au/virus/

Examples of Malicious Computer Programs
Long essay that describes harm done by major computer viruses or worms, and discusses the nonexistent or lenient punishment for the authors or distributors of these malicious programs.
http://www.rbs2.com/cvirus.htm

Virus Bulletin - Independent Anti-virus Advice
Independent anti-virus journal and website with advice, reviews and tutorials
http://www.virusbtn.com/index.xml

comp.virus Newsgroup FAQs
FAQs from the comp.virus newsgroup
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-newsgroup/comp/comp.virus.html

Personal Home page - Ferrie, Peter
Various research papers on computer viruses
http://pferrie.tripod.com/

IBM's Antivirus Research
News and information about virus prevention, the latest in IBM's research, virus alerts, and lists of the latest hoaxes and hype.
http://www.research.ibm.com/antivirus/

Windows Startup Tasks
Massive listing of tasks that may be running on a Windows system at startup, including tasks which may be created by viruses, worms, spyware, and trojans
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm

#hackfix project - software configuration guides
Configuration guides for many popular antivirus and antitrojan packages
http://www.hackfix.org/software/configure/

Personal Home Page - Szor, Peter
Research papers on computer viruses written by Peter Szor. The site covers Windows viruses and worms and the development of polymorphic and metamorphic viruses.
http://www.peterszor.com/

EICAR test file
Provides a standardized test file for signature based virus detection software. This file can be used to verify the correct operation of antivirus software without unnecessary exposure to viruses.
http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm

Computer Viruses In Unix Networks
Paper which examines in detail the problem of computer viruses as they relate to Unix and Unix-like systems.
http://www.cybersoft.com/whitepapers/papers/print/networks_print.html

Burton Systems Software - Virus Avoidance Advice
Advice for avoiding and recovering from computer virus infections, mostly for users of Microsoft Windows. Includes links to free tools and other resources.
http://www.burtonsys.com/virus_advice.html

Anti-virus HelpGuide
Information on the latest viruses, hoaxes, anti-virus software, updates and cleaning tools.
http://virus.helpguide.info/

Personal Home Page - Harrold, Robert
Massive collection of antivirus links and news.
http://www.harrold.org/rfhextra/antivirus.html

MSN Messenger Viruses
Information and removal instructions for various viruses and worms designed to attack MSN Messenger.
http://www.happy-messaging.com/messenger/virus/

TestVirus.org
Tool to automatically send EICAR test files in various formats to a given email address.
http://www.testvirus.org/

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