Virus Help Teams Around the World
Virus Help Teams Group of Services
EICAR and Amiga Virus Test Files
[ checks reliablility of anti-virus software ]
* Alex van Niel's Personal Homepage at Virus Help Team Canada
* Charlene's Canadian Personal Site
* Commodore CDTV Information Center website
* Fastmail.fm E-Mail Service
* Fastmail Help forum at EmailDiscussions.com
* Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI): Stop Static Safety Campaign
Stop Static Guidelines [local]
* Translate English to German, Spanish, French, Italian & Portuguese
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D VIRUS HELP TEAMS AROUND THE WORLD
Location Contact Name E-Mail
* Canada Charlene McNulty VHT-Canada contact form
Alex van Niel vht-nl contact form
VHT-CAN Webmaster VHT-Canada contact form
Canadian Mirror http://members.tripod.com/~vhtcan/
* Denmark Jan Andersen vht-dk contact form
Jan Erik Olausen Retired from Amiga support
Lars P. Kristensen Retired from PC support
Torben Danoe Retired from PC support
Henrik Lauridsen Retired from PC support
Jan Nielsen Retired from PC support
VHT-DK Webmaster web-master at mail.dk
Dec 25, 2005 VHT Amiga Forum [old Amiga Forum at Bravenet]
* Netherlands Alex van Niel vht-nl contact form
Charlene McNulty Use VHT-Canada contact form
VHT-NL Webmaster vht-nl contact form
Netherlands Mirror http://members.tripod.com/~vhtnl/
* Norway Helge Syre helgsyre at online.no
Mar 03, 2001 Site is presently down.
Nov 01, 2000 Virus Help Team Norway issued an Announcement in
regards to their non-operational status at the moment.
Please check back to the News Page for any further
developments on when their webpage will again be
online and active.
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D GROUP OF SERVICES FROM THE VIRUS HELP TEAMS
Virus Help Teams Service Description
* Mail2Web POP3 Webmail Since our cgispy pop3 service stopped working,
Charlene suggests using Mail2Web to pick up and
send from any of your pop3 or imap accounts.
* VHT Amiga & PC Forums Forum Archives
* Online Chat Chat online with team members. Webchat timezone
is presently set to Eastern Time [GMT -05:00]
* Virus Alerts Maillist Alerts and announcements
Signup Online Signup for free virus alerts at Yahoo! Groups
Signup by e-mail vht-can-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
Unsubscribe by e-mail vht-can-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com
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ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE CONTACTS
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AMIGA VIRUS TESTING PROGRAMS
Program Name Author Name E-Mail
Anti- Virus Boot Disks
Virus Help Denmark vht-dk contact form
CheckX Dirk Stöcker [website]
MILL & Safe Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski
zeeball at interia.pl
VirusCheckerII Alex van Niel vht-nl contact form
John Veldthuis (original developer)
VC-II Free Keyfile Alex van Niel vht-nl contact form
VirusCheckerNG Alex van Niel vht-nl contact form
VirusChecker and Virus Help Mailinglist Subscribe Online
* [Description]
The VirusCheckerII mailinglist was created to aid users of the program
Virus Checker II when they have problems, and also for use of any other
virus related problem. We will also deal with problems with other virus
killers. This Amiga specific list is also open to other platform users.
VirusExecutor Jan Erik Olausen
VirusSlayer II Martin Zemblowski dran at rudy.mif.pg.gda.pl
VirusSlayer Extras Charlene VHT-Canada feedback form
VirusZ II & III Georg Hörmann contact form
VT-Schutz Heiner Schneegold Heiner.Schneegold at t-online.de
AMIGA VIRUS WARNINGS AND DOCS
Program Name Author Name E-Mail
VirusWarning Guide Jan Andersen VHT-DK vht-dk contact form
VHT-DK Alerts Jan Andersen VHT-DK vht-dk contact form
VHT-DK Forums Jan Andersen VHT-DK vht-dk contact form
VHT Alert and Announcement Maillist Subscribe Online
* [Description]
Welcome to the Virus Help Teams maillist. If you join this maillist,
you will recive email's about new updates of all the great Amiga anti-
virus programs (eg. VirusZ, VirusChecker, VT-Schutz, VirusExecutor and
xvs.library). You will also recieve email's when a new virus or trojan
is found. Notices can come from any of the lists owners, which is Jan
of vht-dk, Alex of vht-nl or myself Charlene of vht-can.
VT Docs (German) Heiner Schneegold Heiner.Schneegold at t-online.de
VT Docs (English) Thorsten Behrens thorsten.behrens at dorunth.kn-bremen.de
VirusZ Doc (Danish) (original developer)
AMIGA LIBRARIES AVAILABLE
Program Name Author Name E-Mail
MCC_NList NList Open Source Team
Gilles Masson masson at iutsoph.unice.fr
Sebastian Bauer sebauer at t-online.de
MCC_SpeedBar Simone Tellini wiz at vapor.com
reqtools.library Magnus Holmgren cmh at lls.se
Nico Frangois (original developer)
reqtools.library AROS Team digulla at aros.org
Magnus Holmgren (original library)
Nico Frangois (original developer)
xadmaster.library Dirk Stöcker [website]
[000 / 020 / 060]
XAD Free Keyfile Dirk Stöcker [website]
xfdmaster.library Georg Hörmann contact form
Dirk Stöcker [website]
xpkmaster.library Christian von Roques / Urban Dominik Mueller /
Dirk Stöcker [website]
xvs.library Georg Hörmann contact form
Alex van Niel (Dec 1999 - Jun 2001)
AMIGA MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM CONTACTS
Program Name Author Name E-Mail
Disk Archiver: DMS SDS Software see the dms Readme file
Checksum tool: md5sum Peter Simons simons at peti.GUN.de
SimpleHTML Sebastian Bauer sebauer at t-online.de
VirusSlayer Extras Charlene VHT-Canada feedback form
Voodoo-X Andrew Bell mechanismx at lineone.net
XAD Clients Guide Stuart Kyzer Caie kyzer at 4u.net
Dirk Stöcker [website]
XPKGuide Simon Dick sidick at essex.ac.uk
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D Windows
Program Name Author Name Website
F-Prot Frisk Software Frisk Software Home Page
F-Prot Support Frisk Software FAQ and Other Issues
F-Prot AntivirusTM Frisk Software For WinXP and higher
FP-Win download info available here
Anti-Virus Products Sensible Security Canada's AntiVirus Professionals
Virus & News Alerts Kaspersky Labs Subscribe Online
* [Description]
You will recieve info when Kaspersky Lab News Agent has a report in
the way of new viruses, worms and trojans.
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* MacFixIt Troubleshooting Solutions * MacFixIt Forums: AntiVirus Software Program Name Author Name Website Agax John Dalgliesh Agax Home Page Autostart Hunter Yukos World Co. Ltd. Autostart Hunter Homepage DelProtect Ioannis Galidakis DelProtect Homepage Disinfectant John Norstad Disinfectant 3.6 Review Eradicator Unknown MacUser Software Central Norton AntiVirus Symantec Corporation Symantec NAV for Macintosh Scanner Ioannis Galidakis Scanner Homepage StuffIt Expander Aladdin Systems, Inc Macintosh Version Tracker Ioannis Galidakis Tracker Homepage Anti-Virus Software Tucows Macintosh Virus Scanners Anti-Virus Software Software Central Mac Search word: virus Anti-Virus Products Sensible Security Canada's AntiVirus Professionals Top of Page
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Program Name Author Name Website
Aladdin Expander Aladdin Systems, Inc Linux Version
AMaViS Three Authors AMaViS Homepage
F-Prot Frisk Software Frisk Software Home Page
F-Prot Support Frisk Software FAQ and Other Issues
F-Prot AntivirusTM Frisk Software For Linux operating systems
FP-Linux Download info available here
Anti-Virus Products Sensible Security Canada's AntiVirus Professionals
VirusScan Validate McAfee McAfee Mall
VirusScan Validate Tucows Preview VirusScan Validate
Virus & News Alerts Kaspersky Labs Subscribe Online
* [Description]
You will recieve info when Kaspersky Lab News Agent has a report in
the way of new viruses, worms and trojans.
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D Miscellaneous
* Virus Help Denmark - Report Form for Amiga Virus Spreading Websites Top of Page ______________________________________________________________
D EICAR TEST FILE + VIRUS ALERTS & SECURITY LINKS
E I C A R * W A R N I N G !!!
[ Any usage of the test files you do on your own risk ]
a) EICAR: European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research
The EICAR test file is designed for users and administrators who
want to check the proper operation of their anti-virus software
without using actual viruses. Works on any platform.
b) EICAR and Amiga Virus Test File info at VHT Canada
EICAR eicar_com Read Me
Amiga TestVirus Read Me
c) Amiga TestVirus Test File at Dirk Stoecker's Anti-Virus Site
This TestVirus archive includes a set of testfiles, also for people
who want to check the proper operation of their anti-virus software
without using actual viruses. These files will be reported as virus
infected if your anti-virus system is properly installed. Dirk says
if your software does not report back that the files are virus
infected, you should update or change your system.
d) Anti-Virus/AntiMalware Scanner-Tests Results
Virus TestCenter, University of Hamburg has their test results they
preformed on available anti-virus programs. This includes Malware
Warnings, lists of known Macro and Script Viruses, along with their
Anti-Virus/AntiMalware Scanner-Tests which includes Amiga, Mac & PC
archives.
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* AVIEN Anti-Virus Information Exchange Network
* BugNet: Alerts and News Listing
Supplier of software bug fix alerts and news. There are a few free
alerts, but you need to pay a yearly fee in order to read most of fixes
they have listed.
* CAI: Virus Information Center
Computer Associates International, Inc. They did supply free antivirus
software for personal use, which was called InoculateIT. As of June 7,
2001, InoculateIT is no longer free, except to those people who already
had it registered.
* CERT: Coordination Center Alerts
Malicious Web Scripts FAQ
Instructions on disabling active scripting
CERT Coordination Center is part of the Software Engineering Institute.
The Software Engineering Institute is operated by Carnegie Mellon
University for the Department of Defense in the USA.
* CIAC: Security Resources
Bulletins and Advisories
CIAC is from the US Department of Energy, and the intitials stand for
Computer Incident Advisory Capability.
* Crypto-Gram: Computer and Network Security
* CIO Alarmed: Security and Privacy Research Center
* FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI Press Room
* F-Secure: Virus Information Center
Latest Fifty warnings
F-Secure Corporation, one of the world's leading developers of anti-virus
and encryption software.
* Frisk: Frisk Software Home Page
F-Prot FAQ and Other Issues
FRISK Software's Guidelines for Safe Computing
How to scan and disinfect in DOS-mode using F-Prot for DOS
Am I protected?
- To find out whether your computer is protected against
the latest virus threats, you can go through this checklist
I think I have a virus
- To learn the reactions that Frisk virus experts recommend
when facing a possible infection, read this article. The
correct reactions to a possible infection can make a
tremendous difference in the protection of your data.
* Foundstone: Advisories
Foundstone, Inc. is committed to discovering and publishing new
vulnerabilities in a helpful and responsible manner. They publish
online security advisories.
* Grisoft: AVG Anti-Virus detection system
* ICSA: Anti-Virus Page
Anti-Virus Alerts (Not dated)
International Computer Security Association.
* Kaspersky: News / Virus Alerts
Kaspersky Guide to help you detect virus hoaxes
Kaspersky Virus Encyclopedia
Kaspersky(TM)Free Online virus scan
Subscribe online to KLabs Virus Alerts & Virus News
Kaspersky Labs is an international anti-virus software development
company.
* LWN: Linux Weekly News - Daily Alerts and News
* MicroSoft: Security Anti-virus Information
Current Security Bulletins
Subscribe to MS Security Notification
* NAI: New Viruses
Network Associates Inc. (Nasdaq: NETA) is an independent network
security and management software company. Their list of products
include McAfee anti-virus, Gauntlet firewall, Magic Help Desk
applications, and the Sniffer family of network analyzers.
* OCIPEP Alerts and Advisories
This is the Canadian Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and
Emergency Preparedness. When the situation warrants, OCIPEP issues
Advisories to communicate information about potential, imminent or
actual threats, vulnerabilities or incidents assessed by OCIPEP as
limited in scope but having possible impact on the Government of
Canada or other sectors of Canada's critical infrastructure.
* PGP Corp Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
* PGP Freeware PGP USA/Canadian (at MIT)
[ MIT has discontinued the pgp freeware downloads ]
PGP International (at PGPi)
PGP Corporation has revived the development of PGP for Windows XP and
Mac OS X, which had stalled under NAI. Free versions for personal use
are still available at MIT or PGP International.
* RSA Security RSA Laboratories
Cryptography FAQ
* Symantec Latest Virus Threats
Reference Area
How to make a backup of the Windows registry
Symantec Corporation are the distributors of Norton AntiVirus software.
They also have an excellent reference area, which includes White Papers
on such things as Threats to WAP Enabled Devices.
* Trend Micro HouseCall: free on-line virus scanner
Trend Micro, Incorporated, has their ICSA Certified HouseCall on-line
virus scanner. HouseCall users are asked to register before scanning
their computer.
* UNIRAS Alerts and Briefing Notices
Uniras is part of NISCC (National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination
Centre)
* Virus Hoaxes Guide to help you detect virus hoaxes from Kaspersky Labs
* Virus Encyclopedia from Kaspersky Labs
* Virus Scan: Kaspersky(TM)Free Online virus scan
* Virus TestCenter, University of Hamburg
* Virus Help Teams:
Canada Amiga Warnings
Windows Warnings
Mac Warnings
Linux Warnings
Misc and HOAX Warnings
PGP in the news
Denmark Amiga Warnings
Netherlands Warnings [English]
Warnings [Dutch]
* ZDNet: HACKERS: ZDNet Hackers News Special Articles
FAQ: The Code Red threat
ZDNet UK answers common questions about the Code Red worm.
* ZoneLabs: ZoneAlarm (free personal firewall for Wintel PCs)
Service & Support FAQ
ZoneAlarm Installation & Uninstallation FAQ
ZoneLabs Forum
ZoneAlarm personal firewall automatically blocks dangerous Internet
threats - known and unknown - guarding your PC from hackers and data
thieves. It provides the basic protection individuals need to secure
their PC and keep their valuable information private.
* Hoax Warnings: F-Secure
NAI Virus Library - Hoaxes
NAI Virus Library - Hoaxes
CIAC Internet Hoaxes page
Urban Legends and Folklore
Computer Virus Myths [formerly kumite]
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D GENERAL NEWS LINKS
Computer Specific News and General Bugs:
Amiga News ............ VHT Announcement Maillist
VHT-Denmark News
VHT-Netherlands News [English]
Amiga Headquarters
AmigArt News [database]
Amiga Network News [ANN]
Czech Amiga News
Amiga.org News and Forums
AmigaFiles News [FredFish searchs]
Amiga-news [English]
Amiga-News Amiga Link Directory
Amiga-news Amiga Link Directory (old url)
Macintosh ............. Apple Press Releases
Mac and PC ............ Arizona State U Anti-Virus News and Updates
PC and Windows ........ MSNBC TechNews
Linux ................. Linux Weekly Alerts + News
Linux Weekly Alerts + News Possibly Outdated
LinuxSecurity.com Security Newsletters
News Read for All ..... MSNBC Bug of the Day
BugNet: Alerts and News Listing
CERT Steps for Recovering From a Root Compromise
F-Secure Tips To Avoid Computer Worms
DShield - Top 10 Targeted Ports / Port of The Day
News Sources Around the World:
Worldnews ............. BBC: British Broadcasting Corp.
BBC News: Sci/Tech Homepge
BBC News: America
E-Commerce Times: News
Globe & Mail: Newstech
MaxFreedom: Personal Freedom Issues
National Post: Headlines
National Post: TechNews
The Register UK
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Last Updated: January 22, 2012
