Overview

PC viruses are not necessarily a major disaster despite what is sometimes written about them. But a virus infection is at the very least a nuisance, and can lead to potential loss of data. Often it is the user's panic reaction to discovering a virus infection that does more damage than the virus itself. This book demystifies PC viruses, providing clear information about this relatively new PC problem. It enables managers and PC users to formulate an appropriate response. Over 100 PC viruses and variants are documented in detail. The reader is told how to recognise each one, what it does, how it copies itself, and how to get rid of it. Other useful and relevant technical information is also provided. Strategies for dealing with potential and actual virus outbreaks are described for business, academic and other environments, with the emphasis on sensible but not unreasonable precautions. All users of IBM PC or compatible computers - from single machines to major LAN's - should find this book useful. A working knowledge of DOS is basic to the use of this book. Dr Alan Solomon has been conducting primary research into PC viruses since they first appeared, and has developed virus protection software ""Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit"".

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Author:   Alan Solomon
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Edition. ed.
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9783540196914

ISBN 10:   3540196919
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   14 October 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 1.1 Anti-virus Toolkits.- 1.2 Viruses in the Corporate Environment.- 1.3 Viruses in the Academic Environment.- 1.4 The Future.- 2. What is a Virus?.- 2.1 Bugs, Clashes, Trojans and Viruses.- 2.2 How to Identify a Virus.- 2.3 False Alarms.- 3. The Types of Viruses and How They Operate.- 3.1 Boot Sector Viruses.- 3.2 Partition Sector Viruses.- 3.3 File Viruses: Direct Action.- 3.4 File Viruses: Indirect Action.- 3.5 How do Viruses Spread?.- 3.6 Viruses on Networks.- 4. The Known PC Viruses: Recognition, Analysis and Cure.- 4.1 Brain.- 4.2 Ashar.- 4.3 Italian.- 4.4 Stoned.- 4.5 Yale.- 4.6 Denzuk.- 4.7 Lehigh.- 4.8 405 Virus.- 4.9 Vienna Virus.- 4.10 Datacrime Virus.- 4.11 Cascade (1701) Virus.- 4.12 Jerusalem (1813) Virus.- 4.13 Fu Manchu Virus.- 4.14 Traceback Virus.- 4.15 Icelandic Virus.- 4.16 The SURIV Viruses.- 4.17 Datacrime II Virus.- 4.18 Ogre.- 4.19 Typo.- 4.20 Big Italian.- 4.21 Virus-B.- 4.22 Dark Avenger.- 4.23 Vacsina.- 4.24 Mix1.- 4.25 Fumble.- 4.26 Dbase.- 4.27 Virdem.- 4.28 Denzuk I.- 4.29 Yankee Doodle.- 4.30 Alabama.- 4.31 Ghostballs.- 4.32 765 Virus.- 4.33 Lisbon Virus.- 4.34 W13 Virus.- 4.35 Oropax.- 4.36 Twelve Tricks.- 4.37 Zero Bug.- 4.38 Sylvia.- 4.39 Tenbytes.- 4.40 Sunday.- 4.41 Stupid.- 4.42 Vcomm.- 4.43 More Versions of Cascade (1704).- 4.44 Syslock.- 4.45 Saturday 14th.- 4.46 June 16th.- 4.47 Aids.- 4.48 4096.- 4.49 Chameleon.- 4.50 Eddie 2.- 4.51 Print Screen Virus.- 4.52 Taiwan.- 4.53 December 24th Virus.- 4.54 Number of the Beast.- 4.55 Devil's Dance.- 4.56 More Versions of Vienna.- 4.57 Pixel Virus.- 4.58 NJH.- 4.59 EDV.- 4.60 Eight Tunes.- 4.61 Dark Avenger 3.- 4.62 Virus-90.- 4.63 Zapper.- 4.64 Prudents.- 4.65 Kennedy.- 4.66 Solano.- 4.67 Vbasic.- 4.68 Casper.- 4.69 Luz Virus.- 4.70 Anarkia Virus.- 4.71 Thanksgiving.- 4.72 Joshi.- 4.73 VP Virus.- 4.74 Zerotime Virus.- 4.75 Virus-101.- 4.76 XA1 Virus.- 4.77 Hallochen.- 4.78 Jojo.- 4.79 Victor.- 4.80 PSQR Virus.- 4.81 Tiny Virus.- 4.82 The Swedish Disaster.- 4.83 V1024 Virus.- 4.84 Amoeba Virus.- 4.85 Shake Virus.- 4.86 Mendoza Virus.- 4.87 Jerspain Virus.- 4.88 Frere Virus.- 4.89 More Pixel Viruses.- 4.90 Form.- 4.91 SVIR Virus.- 4.92 Subliminal Virus.- 4.93 Liberty Virus.- 4.94 Fish Virus.- 4.95 Murphy Virus.- 4.96 The Legendary Agiplan.- 4.97 The Anticad Series of Viruses.- 5. Action Plans.- 5.1 Precautions.- 5.2 What To Do If You are Hit: General Advice.- 5.3 Procedures for Eradicating a Virus.- 6. General Advice.- 6.1 Some General Advice.- 6.2 The Anti-virus Service.- 6.3 Inoculated Blank Diskettes.- 6.4 Update Service.- 6.5 Further Reading.- 6.6 How It All Got Started in the UK.

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