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	Symantec AntiVirus Research Center - http://www.symantec.com/security_response/index.jsp Virus Encyclopedia site maintained by Symantec, makers of the popular Norton AntiVirus product.
	Trend Virus Encyclopedia - http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/ Trend Micro issues regular advisories regarding new viruses, including a guide to avoiding them in the first place. Site covers risk factor of the newest viruses. lists top ten virus and offers a security alert archive.
	Computer Virus Myths - http://www.vmyths.com/ The canonical reference for computer virus myths, hoaxes, and urban legends.
	VirusList.com - http://www.viruslist.com Permanently replenishing information about new viruses. Mechanisms of breeding and operation, detailed analysis of algorithms of viruses. Methods to guard against computer viruses.
	Virus Bulletin - http://www.virusbtn.com/ News and technical articles on developments on viruses and anti-virus products.

	Secunia - Virus Information - http://secunia.com/virus_information/ Collects virus information from multiple anti-virus vendors, and the collected information is grouped and indexed. When certain conditions are met virus alerts are generated and can be emailed.
	The WildList Organization International - http://www.wildlist.org/ Organization which maintains a list of computer viruses which are still found "in the wild".
	F-Secure Virus Information Centre - http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/ A searchable database of virus descriptions, from the provider of F-Secure range of anti-virus software.
	Computer Associates Virus Information Center - http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/default.aspx Virus information from makers of eTrust Antivirus (formerly known as InoculateIT).
	McAfee Virus Information - http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp Virus alerts, mailing list, and searchable descriptions of common viruses.

	Examples of Malicious Computer Programs - http://www.rbs2.com/cvirus.htm 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.
	European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR) - http://www.eicar.org/ 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.
	EICAR test file - http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm 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.
	OpenAntiVirus Project - http://www.openantivirus.org/ Project aimed at developing open source antivirus software comparable to current commercial offerings.
	Computer Associates Virus Encyclopedia - http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/browse.aspx Computer Associates alphabetical virus database. Searchable with clear descriptions of common viruses.

	Panda Software Virus Laboratory - http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/encyclopedia/ Up to date and in-depth descriptions of the most common viruses by Panda Software, makers of Panda Antivirus Platinum.
	IBM's Antivirus Research - http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/antivirus/ News and information about virus prevention, the latest in IBM's research, virus alerts, and lists of the latest hoaxes and hype.
	Team Anti-Virus - http://www.teamanti-virus.org/ An organization for independent anti-virus researchers to facilitate communication, collaboration, and public education. Publishs and links to many papers written by independent researchers.
	Doug Muth's Anti-Virus Help Page - http://www.claws-and-paws.com/virus/ Independent site with FAQs, papers, and other antivirus resources.
	Personal Home Page - Szor, Peter - http://www.peterszor.com/ Research papers on computer viruses written by Peter Szor. The site covers Windows viruses and worms and the development of polymorphic and metamorphic viruses.

	Personal Home Page - Gordon, Sarah - http://www.badguys.org/ Various papers on computer viruses, computer security, and ethics.
	Personal Home page - Ferrie, Peter - http://pferrie.tripod.com/ Various research papers on computer viruses
	Solo Antivirus - Virus encyclopedia - http://www.srnmicro.com/virusinfo/ Contains details about latest virus alerts and wide spread virus information.
	Windows Startup Tasks - http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm 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
	comp.virus Newsgroup FAQs - http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-newsgroup/comp/comp.virus.html FAQs from the comp.virus newsgroup

	Softpanorama University Skeptical Antivirus page - http://www.softpanorama.org/Antivirus/index.shtml A skeptical look at anti-virus protection.
	Virus or Hoax? - http://virusall.com/ Created to provide basic information about viruses. Links to major anti-virus companies, public services, software downloads, and updates.
	Burton Systems Software - Virus Avoidance Advice - http://www.burtonsys.com/virus_advice.html Advice for avoiding and recovering from computer virus infections, mostly for users of Microsoft Windows. Includes links to many free tools and other resources.
	Fire Antivirus Kit - Virus Information Library - http://www.fireav.com/virusinfo/library/ Provides detailed information on viruses
	Personal Home Page - Harrold, Robert - http://www.harrold.org/rfhextra/antivirus.html Massive collection of antivirus links and news.

	BusinessWeek Online - Mydoom's Most Damning Dynamic - http://businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2004/tc20040128_7597_tc047.htm Points out that Mydoom was so damaging only because so many individual net users were so unprotected despite education efforts that apparently do not have any significant effect on user behavior.
	RAV Virus Encyclopedia - http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/virus.php Virus Encyclopedia provided by RAV - Reliable AntiVirus.
	Virus Hoax - http://www.virushoax.net A website dedicated to providing valuable information about internet and computer security, and a central location for finding out about current threats.
	davebauer.net - Avoiding Viruses - http://www.davebauer.net/avoiding_viruses.asp Information to help computer users learn how to protect computers from viruses and hackers.
	Computer Viruses In Unix Networks - http://www.cybersoft.com/whitepapers/papers/print/networks_print.html Paper which examines in detail the problem of computer viruses as they relate to Unix and Unix-like systems.

	How Stuff Works: Computer Virus - http://www.howstuffworks.com/virus.htm Multipart tutorial describes how computer viruses work.
	Sophos Virus Analyses - http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/ This Sophos database holds the latest virus names and descriptions.
	AskMen.com - How To: Keep Your Computer Virus-Free - http://www.askmen.com/fashion/how_to_60/66_how_to.html Article with basic advice on virus prevention, and a primer on computer virus terminology.
	The Art Of Noh - http://www.noh.ro/blog/index.rdf A weblog on computer security, viruses, worms, trojans and other types of malicious software by Costin G. Raiu.

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