If you need information on how to deal with a virus or help in determining whether a warning you received is a hoax, here are some excellent resources.We are providing this information in an effort to assist you in dealing with these threats. We are not endorsing any particular site.
If the virus warning you received contains words or phrases such as urgent, send immediately to everybody in your address book, it's time to check the resources below. One type of hoax seeks to have you damage your own computer by deleting a necessary file. So, never, never delete a file from your computer without carefully checking out several of these sites.
Additional Hoax InformationThe following sites are an excellent resource for determining if a virus warning is a hoax or not.
http://hoaxinfo.com/Since you're all ready dealing with viruses, this very informative article is well worth spending the time to read.
How And Why Viruses Get Created
The following sites offer, descriptions of viruses, removal tools and more.
A link to the correct page for the free version of AVG may be found on our Useful Websites Page.
Free AVG version Page Link Found On Useful Websites Page In Our FTP Resource Page Section
The latest information we've received is that support for version 7.5 will be discontinued as of May 31. Therefore we've stopped offering the 7.5 download.
Chris Cant highly recommends this program as not being a resource intensive program and being screen reader friendly. Read the information about the program and his setup instructions.
F-Protect Product Information And Setup Instructions
The Nod 32 program is one of the top rated programs currently available. It works well with both Jaws and Window Eyes.
Nod 32 Anti-Virus Program
The Avast program is free for home use. Reports indicate that is usable with screen readers and seems to do a good job of handling viruses.
Avast AntiVirus Software
Since many of the viruses around today disable the onboard anti-virus program as soon as they enter, here are some reliable on line resources.
Kaspersky (will detect but not remove malware)
Visit The Kaspersky On Line Scan Page
Panda
Visit The Panda On Line Scan Page
BitDefender Requires Internet Explorer.
Visit The Bit Defender On Line Scan Page
F-Secure Requires Internet Explorer.
Visit The F-Secure On Line Scan Page
Updated on ... February 07, 2009