Please visit the following web pages for authoritative information about hoax, virus and chain letter problems and solutions:
Authoritative
Virus, etc. Warnings via E-mail
Dr.
Soloman's Virus Alert Mail List (Sent when warranted)
http://www.drsolomon.com/vircen/vamail.html
Proland Software's Virus Alert Mail List (Frequency Unknown)
http://www.pspl.com/
Virus, Worm, Trojan Horse,
etc. Information Sources
Computer Incident Advisory Capability information http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACVirusDatabase.html
Trend Micro Incorporated http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default.asp
F-Secure http://www.f-secure.com/
F-Secure Virus Information http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/
McAfee, Inc. (a Network Associates company) http://vil.mcafee.com/default.asp?
Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team (a Division of NAI Labs) http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/naicommon/avert/
Symantec (Norton) Antivirus Research Center http://www.sarc.com/
and http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html#types
Computer Associates http://www.cai.com/virusinfo/
Sophos, Incorporated http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/
The Wildlist http://www.wildlist.org/
Dr. Soloman's (a Network Associates company) http://www.drsolomon.com/vircen/index.cfm
IBM Antivirus Online http://www.av.ibm.com/InsideTheLab/VirusInfo/
Proland Software http://www.pspl.com/virus_info/
Computer Emergency Response Team [C.E.R.T.] list of resources http://www.cert.org/other_sources/viruses.html
Anti-Virus, etc.
Protection Software Sources
Trend
Micro Incorporated http://www.antivirus.com/
Data Fellows Virus Information
http://www.datafellows.com/
McAfee, Inc. (a Network Associates company)
http://www.mcafee.com/
Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team [A.V.E.E.R.T] (a Division of NAI
Labs) http://www.avertlabs.com/
Symantec (Norton) Antivirus Research Center
http://www.symantec.com/nav/index.html
Central Command http://www.avp.com/
Command Software Systems, Inc http://www.commandcom.com/
Computer Associates http://support.cai.com/
Sophos, Inc. http://www.sophos.com/
Dr. Soloman's (a Network Associates company)
http://www.drsolomon.com/
Proland Software http://www.pspl.com/
Alladin Knowledge Systems http://www.esafe.com/
iRiS Software http://www.irisav.com/
Norman Data Defense Systems
http://www.norman.com/local/
On-line Virus Scans
available on the internet!!
Trend
Micro Incorporated http://housecall.antivirus.com/
Hoax, Chain Letter and Myth
information sources
Computer Incident Advisory Capability information at http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
AND http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACChainLetters.html
Symantec Anti Virus Research Center at http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
Dr. Solomons Home Page (Virus & Hoax info) at http://www.drsolomons.com/home/home.cfm
The Urban Legends Web Site at http://www.urbanlegends.com
Urban Legends Reference Pages at http://www.snopes.com
Computer Virus Myths http://kumite.com/myths/
IBM Hype Alerts http://www.av.ibm.com/BreakingNews/HypeAlert/
iRiS Software http://www.irisav.com/lab/hoax.htm
McAffe, Inc. http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp?
Sophos, Inc. http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/
Computer Emergency Response Team [C.E.R.T.] list of resources http://www.cert.org/other_sources/viruses.html