The "Brain" virus is probably the earliest MS-DOS virus. At one time it was the most widespread of PC viral programs. (Yet more support for the … [Read more...]

On February 7, 1988, users of Compuserve's Hypercard Forum were greeted with an intriguing warning message. It told them that the NEWAPP.STK Hypercard … [Read more...]

A virus may or may not present itself. Viruses attempt to spread before activating whatever malicious activity they may have been programmed to … [Read more...]

Once a virus has been detected, it is possible to write scanning programs that look for telltale code (signature strings) characteristic of the virus. … [Read more...]

Viruses, by their nature, tend to mystify the average user. They operate in the background under rules that are little understood by most users. As … [Read more...]

The simple advice is: Just Don't Do It! One "cure" for partition sector viruses suggested by people who think they know what they are doing is the … [Read more...]

False Authority Syndrome by Rob Rosenberger The information in this section was provided by and used with permission of Rob Rosenberger who … [Read more...]

When a floppy diskette is formatted (it doesn't matter if it's a system or data disk) the very first portion of the disk is set aside for two main … [Read more...]

On hard (fixed) disk drives, the very first sector is the partition sector (often known as the Master Boot Record [MBR] or partition table). Each … [Read more...]

The correct English plural of virus is viruses. Please consult any good dictionary before making up words. The following comes from usenet and … [Read more...]