Some Virus Threat Details

These pages detail some techniques that various historical viruses/worms use to infect. A current threat feed is also provided.

These pages detail some techniques that various historical viruses/worms use to infect. There is not enough information here to enable you to write a virus (and please don’t ask for more — it won’t be sent!); however, you should get an idea of some past attempts at malware.

These are the viruses described here…

Legacy Viruses

Current Threats

The feeds here are provided by the sites mentioned and the information content belongs to those sites.


[hungryfeed url=”http://www.f-secure.com/exclude/vdesc-xml/latest_50.rss”]


[hungryfeed url=”http://www.symantec.com/xml/rss/listings.jsp?lid=latestthreats30days”]


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