The Computer Virus Crisis

Describes computer viruses, how they are spread, what problems they can cause, and what precautions should be taken.

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Recognize symptoms, route viruses and correct damage to systems, backups, data files and programs with the help of this text. This edition has been updated to reflect innovations in computer viruses and the methods in the battle against them. The book provides current information on procedures and software for the prevention, assessment, containment and amelioration of exposures plus discussion on the changing nature of the virus threat to networks, minis, mainframes and distributed systems. The current means of exposure - from bulletin board and network-distributed software updates, to sabotage and terrorism - are addressed here. Technical material, including vulnerabilities in MS-DOS, PC-DOS and Macintosh operating systems such as CHKDSK, clocks, data files and INITs, is presented. Coverage of recent legislation and a look at the AIDS Information Disk Trojan issue expands the coverage of matters of law concerning computer viruses. Discussions of today's legal issues help the reader understand their rights, responsibilities and liabilities while a look at famous cases in the history of computer viruses offers examples of efficient and bungled crisis intervention.