What are the known viruses, their names, major symptoms and possible cures?
The reader should be aware that there is no universally accepted naming convention for viruses, nor is there any standard means of testing. As a consequence nearly *all* virus information is highly subjective and open to interpretation and dispute. There are several major sources of information on specific viruses. Probably the largest one is Patricia Hoffman’s hypertext VSUM. While VSUM is quite complete it only covers PC viruses and it is regarded by many in the antivirus field as being inaccurate, so we advise you not to rely solely on it. It can be downloaded from most major archive sites.A more precise source of information is the Computer Virus Catalog, published by the Virus Test Center in Hamburg. It contains highly technical descriptions of computer viruses for several platforms: DOS, Mac, Amiga, Atari ST and Unix. Unfortunately, the DOS section is quite incomplete. The CVC is available by anonymous FTP from ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (IP = 134.100.4.42), directory pub/viru
