virus/malware info

[diver dan]

Hi,

I will be giving a 2 hour presintation on virus / malware removal and prevention on April 30th. I would like to be able to demonstate virus removal software in action so I am looking to locate files containing viruses that I can load onto a computer. I am also looking for any information about viruses that I can use in the presentation.Can anyone help me? I have a part time computer repair business where I remove many viruses.

Thanks

[AdvancedSetup]

Just uninstall your Anti-Virus and any other security software. Fire up Internet Explorer and start doing some searches on Google for Warez, movies, or sex and in no time you should find your computer infected.

[CWB]

:lol: ... what AS said .

in all seriousness though , it is a good practical demonstration of what/why/how stuff (aka : fecal matter) happens .

it could be tied into the class itself ...

at the beginning of your dissertation let a couple of the "students" start surfing at/for the type of sites AS mentioned .

although you might want to be a bit careful if the comp displays are projected to be visible to the rest of the class ...

but the real world also has malicious re-directs to porn sites , so it would indeed be a valid representation .

perhaps a little forewarning would be in order . in the day-to-day world , "sensibilities" are not not delineated when it comes to this stuff .

this would give a graphic representation of the way the infection "gets into" the comp .

you could point out the various steps along the way ; " ... now , clicking on this will allow the malicious code to be downloaded ..." .

a few screen shots of some of the different pop-ups , fake warnings , bogus "updates" , etc , would be good presentation material .

[Firefox]

You may also look for some youtube videos on this subject... there are plenty out there....