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	Computer virus - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Unlike biological viruses, computer viruses do not simply evolve by themselves, except in the cases where copying errors and recombination have led to actual evolution of computer viruses; however, these cases are very rare compared to the rapid generation of new malware by human programmers.
		Anti-virus software can detect it by decrypting the viruses using an emulator, or by statistical pattern analysis of the encrypted virus body.
		They work by examining the contents of the computers memory (its RAM, and boot sector) and the files stored on fixed or removable drives (hard drives, floppy drives), and comparing those files against a database of known virus "signatures".
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Computer_virus (4222 words)

	Timeline of notable computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		September 18: The Nimda worm is discovered and spreads through a variety of means including vulnerabilities described in MS01-044 and backdoors left by Code Red II and Sadmind worm.
		August 16: The Zotob worm and several variations of malware exploiting the vulnerability described in MS05-039 are discovered.
		October 13: The Samy worm became the fastest spreading worm as of 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timeline_of_notable_computer_viruses_and_worms (885 words)

	Viruses Worms -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		March 19: Witty was the fastest produced worm to date, with a one day window from advisory to release.
		The worms have also had political consequences as many companies in several countries start to call for government action to prevent further damages from Windows worms.
		"Viruses of the Mind" (1993) is a controversial essay by Richard Dawkins using memetics, epidemiology, and an analogy with computer viruses to analyse the propagation of religious beliefs.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/161/viruses-worms.html (597 words)

	Computer insecurity (Linux Reviews)
		Because computer systems can be very complex, and cannot be guaranteed to be free of defects, this security stance tends to produce insecure systems.
		Malicious individuals have regularly penetrated well-designed, secure computer systems by taking advantage of the carelessness of trusted individuals, or by deliberately deceiving them, for example sending messages that they are the system administrator and asking for passwords.
		Computer code is regarded by some as just a form of mathematics.
	linuxreviews.org /dictionary/Computer_insecurity (2352 words)

	Computer Viruses
		For many computer users, the computer viruses are mysterious and ask for the attention because every time a new virus hits, it spreads quickly and quickly.
		Viruses often used a part of floppy data which was preloaded and executed (boot sectors) to spread.
		Worms are spread over computer networks, and are distinct from viruses in that they do not have a host file.
	progsystem.free.fr /computerviruses.htm (4120 words)

	Viruses and Bacteriophages
		Viruses, including both the viruses of eukaryotic cells and the bacteriophages of bacteria and archaea, have long served as experimental tools for prying out the deepest biological secrets of their cellular hosts.
		Viruses of both the eukaryotic and prokaryotic persuasions provide marvelous opportunities, once we understand how they work, for manipulating or modifying their hosts, as for example in gene therapy, disease detection, and other biotechnological applications.
		Notable features include several conformational and covalent transitions in the head subunit as it moves through the pathway.
	www.pitt.edu /~biohome/Dept/Frame/virusesandbacteriophages.htm (1854 words)

	Hacker.y2u.co.uk - Computer Viruses - What are they ? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Viruses can be divided into two types, on the basis of their behaviour when they get executed.
		Non-resident viruses immediately search for other hosts that can be infected, infect these targets, and finally transfer control to the application program they infected.
		Resident viruses contain a replication module that is similar to the one that is employed by non-resident viruses.
	y2u.co.uk /sub024_Hacker/Computer_Viruses.htm (4153 words)

	Sobig (computer worm) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Sobig Worm was a computer worm that infected millions of Internet-connected, Microsoft Windows computers in August 2003.
		Although there were indications that tests of the worm were carried out as early as August 2002, Sobig.A was first found in the wild in January 2003.
		Sobig is a computer worm in the sense that it replicates by itself, but also a Trojan horse in that it masquerades as something other than malware.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Sobig.htm (386 words)

	Viruses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Computer viruses have become increasingly dangerous and quick-spreading in the last couple of years, wildly proliferating through cyberspace and causing billions of dollars in damage.
		Computer viruses are both the medium and the message in a museum exhibit documenting the history and future of unwelcome and uninvited virtual visitors.
		Computer viruses often propagate themselves in the guise of e-mail from users of infected computers, but one new virus has introduced a twist on that technique by masquerading as e-mail from users of noninfected computers.
	www.net-intrusion.com /member/data/viruses_info.html (8489 words)

	Viruses, Worms & Other Invaders
		Viruses, Worms and Trojans have been with us for many years, but rarely did one show up in one of our clients' systems.
		The majority of viruses do nothing except propegate and let their presence be known on the systems they infect, but they still cost a lot of money to get rid of.
		Worms, like viruses, must be removed with great care and by established procedures.
	www.aaxnet.com /topics/virus.html (2165 words)

	What are the different types of computer viruses? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		One of the most impressive viruses to hit computers was the Melissa virus, which happened in March 1999.
		Worms are pieces of code that use computer networks and security holes to replicate themselves and wreak havoc on systems.
		Worms are computer programs that are able to copy themselves from machine to machine, through computer networks.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~rmcorriv/webproj/topic4.html (465 words)

	Dan's Mail Format Site \| Attachments \| Viruses
		While a few actual viruses may have surfaced on the old mainframe-based networks, it took the widespread use of personal computers in the '80s to provide the fertile ground from which the first major viruses sprung, spreading via floppy disk or bulletin board system download.
		E-mail viruses (or "worms", if you prefer) were the subject of users' panic and worry long before they existed in reality.
		Several notable virus hoaxes went around in the mid '90s, such as the one that claimed that if you got a message with the subject "Good Times", then merely opening it in your mail reader would cause disastrous consequences to your computer.
	mailformat.dan.info /attachments/viruses.html (1921 words)

	Help with Viruses & worms - Bizgrok tech support, Connecticut
		Viruses and worms are computer programs that spreads from computer to computer, network to network by replicating.
		Worms are designed to create exact copies of themselves and then, spread between computers connected or communicating with one another.
		Well, viruses and worms can be just annoying or deadly - the effects range from being embarrassed when your name shows up on a porn site to damaging your reputation, and costing big bucks.
	bizgrok.com /help/virushelp (525 words)

	Amazon.com: Viruses Revealed: Books: David Harley,Robert Slade,Robert Slade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It recognizes that viruses are inherent in the modern computing environment (which makes it easy to share data among machines) and that there's no absolutely certain way to maintain any degree of usefulness in a computer while eliminating all risk of viral infection.
		The average worm or email virus that is written by some disgruntled teenager just isn't sophisticated enough to be worried about, and fewer proficient programmers are producing malicious code (the stakes are too high).
		Viruses Revealed is one of the best computer books I have seen on the market to date.
	www.amazon.com /Viruses-Revealed-David-Harley/dp/0072130903 (2234 words)

	Security Fix - Brian Krebs on Computer and Internet Security - (washingtonpost.com)
		A computer security researcher who created a Web page designed to allow anyone to generate and print out a fake boarding pass for Northwest Airlines got a visit from the FBI yesterday, following public calls for his arrest by a prominent Democratic congressman.
		Apple Computer this week warned customers that some Video iPods sold over the past five weeks were shipped with a computer virus capable of infecting computers running Microsoft Windows and exposing them to attacks by hackers.
		The virus (more accurately, a computer worm) variously dubbed "RavMonE.exe" and "W32/Rjump.worm" by different anti-virus vendors, first surfaced in June and attempts to spread to all memory storage devices attached to an infected computer.
	blog.washingtonpost.com /securityfix (5562 words)

	INLS187: Book Review
		For example, a worm could be constructed to spread to a large number of machines and allow for automatic remote audio surveillance via built-in PC microphones on target systems (p.9).
		In Chapter 3, Avi explains the difference between viruses and trojan horses and tells the story of the first computer virus, UNIX "vd" in 1983, which was designed as a computer science experiment and the first significant worm, the Morris Worm in 1988, and how it prompted the establishment of CERT (pp.16-22).
		He explains how each of the noteworthy computer worms was able to spread to so many machines.
	www.unc.edu /~jasafir/inls187/assignment4 (2444 words)

	List Computer Viruses Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It helps guard your computer against malicious users and many computer viruses and worms.
		Many computer viruses turn out to be hoaxes or myths.
		Malware List of computer viruses List of computer virus hoaxes List of trojan horses Timeline of notable computer viruses and worms Turing completeness Cracking Security through obscurity Spam Melissa worm,.
	virus.itconn.info /ov/list-computer-viruses.html (298 words)

	sss information,sass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The ssser worm is a computer worm that spreads oncomputers running the Microsoft operating systems Windows XP and Windows 2000.
		Some technology specialists have speculated that the worm writers reverse-engineered the patch todiscover the vulnerability, which would open millions of computers whose operating system have not been upgraded with thesecurity update.
		An indication of the worm's infection of a given PC is the existence of the file
	www.vsearchmedia.com /sss.html (535 words)

	Klez is a computer worm computer worm that propagates via... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Klez is a computer worm computer worm that propagates via...
		The text portion consists of either an HTML HTML internal frame tag, which in buggy email clients causes the worm to be executed, or a few lines of text, sometimes even claiming to be an antidote for the Klez worm.
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	www.biodatabase.de /Klez (296 words)

	computer virus list (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Computer Virus List The Computer Gaming MarketNovember.10 One of the biggest reasons for a person to buy a computer in recent years is for computer gaming.
		The Classification of Computer Viruses Computer virus detection and removal methods Glossary New / recently updated texts [June-14-2004] WinHelp Edition of the AVP Virus Encyclopedia (new: Ed.
		Computer Virus List Unique prospectives on information related to the subject of computer virus lists.
	www.topgeeksites.com /index4/computerviruslist (1194 words)

	sas information,sass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The saser worm is a computer worm that spreads oncomputers running the Microsoft operating systems Windows XP and Windows 2000.
		Unlike other recent worms, the saser worm does not "travel byemail", but connects directly to open ports on a computer.
		It spreads by exploiting a bufferoverflow in the component known as Lsas (Local Security Authority Subsystem Service) on the affected operating systems.The worm scans different ranges of IP addresses and connects to victims'computers primarily through TCP port 445.Microsoft's analysis of the worm indicates that it may also spread through port 139.
	www.vsearchmedia.com /sas.html (535 words)

	Report on Computer Worms and Viruses in 2004
		Report on Computer Worms and Viruses in 2004
		The last major worm of 2004 was Sober.I [28], which began in 2003 and has had many variants. Sober’s e-mail messages vary in content between the German and English versions. The English version is rather tame, but the German message claims to be from a model looking for work, with pictures attached.
		Shannon, C., Moore, D. The Spread of the Witty Worm.
	www4.ncsu.edu /~cjhazard/projectlibrary/worms.html (286 words)

	Computing History 1968-Present :: Scott Granneman
		Nov.: Morris Worm, 1st to spread using Internet, infects DEC VAX machines all over the world (~1/10 of 60,000 machines connected to Net), leading to creation of CERT #
		Mar.: Witty worm exploits holes in Internet Security Systems' software and is 1st worm to carry destructive payload #
		May: Sasser worm hits Windows 2000 and XP machines, forcing shutdowns at Delta Air Lines, British Coast Guard, Goldman Sachs, the European Commission and Lund University Hospital's X-Ray department # #
	www.granneman.com /techinfo/background/history (6237 words)

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