Malware Help

The following information is provided as a courtesy to users who have stumbled across this site looking for information on computer viruses. I do not promise that it is error-free, and if you choose to follow it, you're responsible for the outcome. Your mileage may vary... so please use good sense when looking at these answers.

Topics of interest:

• Help, I have a virus!
• How can I protect myself from viruses/worms/spyware?
• How can I get a job in security?
• Don't you researchers write all the viruses anyway?
• What's the difference between a virus and a worm?
• How do scanners work?
• How do integrity checkers work?
• What is your research on viruses?
• How did you get involved in computer virus research?
• What skills do you need to be a virus researcher?
• What are some open problems in computer virus research?
• Why are you focusing mostly on spyware now?