Scared of Computer Viruses?
If you’re a really paranoid person (like myself - only on bad days) who is really unsure about whether documents that you receive are virus infected, you might want to visit the VirusTotal web site. At VirusTotal, they provide a free service where you can e-mail them a file which you suspect might be virus infected and they will scan it for you using several anti-virus engines. They then send you back an e-mail with a report on whether the file you sent was infected. It’s a really great free service to use if you’re not sure about whether your anti-virus software is up-to-date, because VirusTotal will use a variety of anti-virus scanners to make sure your document does not contain any of the latest known viruses.
Anti-virus software is, as you probably already know, not a guarantee against infection. If you’re running Windows, you might want to check out some webfilters, specialized trojan and ad/malware scanners, as well as read up on how to configure your operating system, browser and email client. No anti-virus product is good enought to protect you against all threats. Use additional software as well (often free of charge) to pick up the garbage that other security software leaves behind or unnoticed. The biggest threat against viruses is, however, located between your chair and your PC monitor
My tip: Proxomitron (just google it)
Comment by Pufferfish — September 2, 2005 @ 5:33 am