Keeping up with the Newest Virus Threats

Most of us have had the experience of a friend forwarding us an email they received that warns of a new virus or worm that would do something horrible to your computer and only later learning that the message we had gotten was a hoax. One way to avoid falling victim to such annoyances is to visit one of the AntiVirus makers' sites with some regularlity to see what is new.

One such link is this one, provided by Symantec, the makers of Norton AntiVirus. Here is their description of what is found on the page: "The list below provides a synopsis of the latest virus-related threats discovered by Symantec Security Response, including information on: Category Rating (risk), Name of Threat (threat), the day on which the threat was identified (discovered), and the day on which a virus definition was added to protect against the threat (protection). " One consequence of visiting this page regularly is that you'll begin to realize how frequently new viruses appear on the scene, and another one may be that you start to feel depressed that virus writers are so prolific and such never-ending mischief-makers.
- posted by Perry @ 6:51 AM