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Top Web Resources Directory - Malicious Code Protection

Our Top Web Resources Directoies include links to the best educational online publications and web sites we have found. You can nominate candidates for this list by email.

  1. Intrusion Protection for Remote Corporate Client Devices. Describes different types of intrusion attacks on remote devices and the range of defense mechanisms that can be built into personal firewalls.

  2. Spyware Warrior is a comprehensive web site dedicated to fighting spyware and adware. Content areas include product feature comparisons, scanning tests, technical advice and assistance, online forums and a dircetory to additional anti-spyware resources. Authors are Eric Howe and Szi Turner.

  3. Anti-adware Misses Most Malware is an analysis of the Spy Warrior anti-spyware tests written by Brian Livingston.

  4. Anti-Spyware Terms and Definitions - the TopTenREVIEWS web site evaluates anti-spyware products and publishes its detailed critera

  5. Learn More About Spyware - this is an excellent primer by Computer Associates on what spyware is,  how one gets it, symptoms, and ways to remove it.

  6. Zero-Hour Protection for Managed & Unmanaged Endpoints PCs - this white paper illustrates how a leading behavioral-based product fights malicious code

  7. Handling Today's Tough Security Threats  Excellent white paper that deals with zero day attacks, polymorphics, rootkits and other advanced evasion techniques. Provided by Symantec, the document describes how these attacks work, usage trends and how they can be stopped. It also includes a comparison of how well 7 products detect and eliminate these security risks with independent test results from Thompson Cyber Security Labs and other test organizations.

  8. Omnisquad Spyware Research Center - Comprehensive database of spyware threats and other types of malicious code. Tracks most common attacks.

  9. Anti-Spyware Coalition. The Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC) is a group dedicated to building a consensus about definitions and best practices in the debate surrounding spyware and other potentially unwanted technologies. The ASC published its Final Working Report on Spyware Definitions and Supporting Documents in October 2005.

  10. StopBadware.org is a "Neighborhood Watch" campaign aimed at fighting badware. We will seek to provide reliable, objective information about downloadable applications in order to help consumers to make better choices about what they download on to their computers. We aim to become a central clearinghouse for research on badware and the bad actors who spread it, and to become a focal point for developing collaborative, community-minded approaches to stopping badware.

  11. rootkit.com and ROOTKIT: Advanced 2nd Generation Digital Weaponry. Two web sites that will introduce you to online expertise applicable to creating and defending against rootkits, "powerful tools to compromise computer systems without detection".