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mechalas@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (John Mechalas) writes:

> Where can I find a current list of known IBM viruses that is in the
> public domain?  I am looking for virus name, type, disinfectant
> method, and short description if possible.  I see a lot of lists, but
> most of them are either (a) old or (b) copyrighted.

Hmm, I don't know whether the thing that you want exists... You could
consider the following options:

1) Patricia Hoffman's VSUM. Shareware hypertext information about IBM PC
viruses. Contains A LOT of information. Drawbacks: most of the
information is incorrect and/or incomplete. Some of the virus variants
listed even do not exist. Available from many places, including ours:

ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de:pub/virus/progs/vsumx208.zip

2) The Computer Virus Catalog, published by VTC-Hamburg (i.e., us).
Very technical, describes viruses for different platforms (IBM PC,
Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh). Freeware, but not public domain - we
still have the copyright and you must not modify it, if you give it to
others. Drawbacks: the IBM PC platform is not covered well. Only about
10% of the existing viruses for it are described. Available from

ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de:pub/virus/texts/catalog/msdosvir.zip

3) The comparative scanner tests for FindVirus, F-Prot, and SCAN. They
also list the standard CARO name of each virus, together with the
names given by the above scanners. The list is very complete - it 
lists ALL viruses from our virus collection. It is public domain - 
you can do with it whatever you want. Drawbacks: only lists the 
viruses. No further information about them is given, except that they 
are divided into boot/MBR and file infectors. Available from

ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de:pub/virus/texts/tests/naming.zip

Regards,
Vesselin
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