With more and more viruses appearing, it's advisable to try to keep as informed as possible about new and older viruses. Below are links to some of the main anti-virus sites, which offer info and alerts on all new and known viruses and hoaxes.

For INFO on the LATEST VIRUSES

Symantec (Norton's)
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/

McAfee
http://vil.mcafee.com/newVirus.asp

Kapersky VirusList
http://www.viruslist.com/eng/index.html?tnews=1003

Message Labs
http://www.messagelabs.com/viruseye/threatlist.asp

Trend Micro
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/

F-Secure
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/_new.shtml

AntiVirus - About.com
http://antivirus.about.com/mbody.htm

To receive VIRUS ALERTS by email, go to any of the below to subscribe

Norton's Virus Alerts
http://nct1.symantecstore.com/virusalert/

Kaspersky VirusList
http://www.viruslist.com/eng/maillist.html

Sophos Anti-Virus
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/notifications/

McAfee
http://dispatch.mcafee.com/

Message Labs
http://www.messagelabs.com/forms/MailingListRegister.asp

Trend Micro
http://www.antivirus.com/subscriptions/

Antivirus.About.com
http://antivirus.about.com/gi/pages/mmail.htm

Using the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) feature of one's email client to send messages to more than one recipient is also recommended, as it helps protect against the spread of viruses as well as protect the privacy of recipients' addresses. More info on this and on how to BCC here:

http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~watrous/bcc-for-privacy.html

These are some links to check out HOAXES, MYTHS, URBAN LEGENDS

VMyths
http://www.vmyths.com/hoax.cfm
Extensive site. Also has newsletters for alerts and info on latest hoaxes
and myths

Hoaxbusters
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/

McAfee
http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp

Symantec
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

F-Secure
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/hoaxes/hoax_index.shtml

HoaxInfo
http://hoaxinfo.com/

Stiller's Research Hoax Page
http://www.stiller.com/hoaxes.htm

About.com Urban Legends
http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/cs/virushoaxes1/

Snopes
http://www.snopes2.com/

ScamBusters
http://www.scambusters.org/legends.html

In addition, MICROSOFT keeps one up-to-date on the latest SECURITY ALERTS here

Microsoft Security
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/default.asp

Then go the right of the page and choose Email Notification from Security Central. This sends notifications of security updates before these reach Windows Update. If you subscribe to this, check that the security issue in the mailing does indeed cover your Windows set-up and Windows programs that you have installed and use.


Detailed CRITICAL UPDATES FOR MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER can be found here for downloading separately from Windows Update.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/default.asp

In addition, some viruses are also contained within the body of the email, so merely previewing the email will infect a computer IF the computer has not been updated with this MICROSOFT PATCH FOR INTERNET EXPLORER 5.01 AND 5.5

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-027.asp.

If you are running Internet Explorer 5.01 or Internet Explorer 5.5 and have not installed the above patch, it is highly recommended that you do so now. IE 6 already has the patch included.
 

Remember to always keep your anti-virus programs fully up-to-date and to frequently check for new updates and definitions. It's recommended to do this at least once a week, and daily during periods when it's known that a particularly bad virus is doing the rounds.

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