Malicious Software
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- Spyware Warrior
- Blog of spyware news developments, testing results for anti-spyware products, details of rogue products and forums providing advice and support for people with spyware infections.
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- Ben Edelman
- Doctoral student involved in spyware related research and investigations into associated unethical practices. Includes research papers, news, biography and presentations given.
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- CEXX Org - Counterexploitation
- Detailed descriptions of various spyware, adware, and other parasitic software. Includes instructions for removing many common and not-so-common spyware and adware programs.
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- Doxdesk
- Information on how to prevent infection, lists of reputable and rogue products, database of known parasites and glossary of terms.
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- Malware Domain List
- Featuring a list of malware-related sites plus a discussion forum on new threats.
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- Trend Labs Anti-Malware Blog
- A blog published by Trend Micro reporting on recent malware outbreaks and discovered software exploits.
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- What-is-exe Process Database
- Directory of computer processes, including those associated with spyware applications.
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- Wikipedia - Spyware
- A very detailed look at what spyware is, how it attaches itself to computers, and the common methods of prevention.
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- Anti-trojan.org
- Includes detailed information on trojans, startup methods, and default backdoor ports.
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- Burton Systems Software - Virus Avoidance Advice
- Advice for avoiding and recovering from computer virus infections, mostly for users of Microsoft Windows. Includes links to many free tools and other resources.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- OpenAntiVirus Project
- Project aimed at developing open source antivirus software comparable to current commercial offerings.