8) Before you ask about what a specific virus does, try: (Computer virus)
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This article is from the Mini-FAQ: alt.comp.virus FAQ, by George Wenzel gwenzel@telusplanet.net with numerous contributions by others.
8) Before you ask about what a specific virus does, try: (Computer virus)
http://www.drsolomon.com/vircen/enc/
http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/
http://www.avpve.com/
http://vil.mcafee.com/villib/alpha.asp
These sites have reasonably-comprehensive virus databases. Be aware,
though, that there are many thousands of viruses and descriptions are only
available for the more common ones. Also, keep in mind that different
anti-virus products may use different names for the same virus. Project
VGREP is a virus name cross-referencing service which allows you to find
out what name is being used for a virus by different anti-virus products.
Project VGREP is available at http://www.virusbtn.com/VGrep/
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