The Virus Encyclopedia: reaching a new level of information comfort

Author

Ashmanov, I. ; Kasperskaya, N.

Volume

6

Issue

3

fYear

1999

Firstpage

81

Lastpage

84

Abstract

Each time antivirus developers discover a way to fight some virus, they record information about it in case a similar or modified virus appears. Viruses and records about them are generally unique-developers practically never have enough time to go back and systematize the information. This proprietary, piecemeal approach doesn´t help much. In 1992, Eugene Kaspersky, chief developer of the AVP antivirus software, decided to create a virus databank and add records about new viruses. He started recording information about the detected viruses in both English and Russian. Thus, the Virus Encyclopedia was born. With its recently-added features, we believe the Virus Encyclopedia will prove an essential resource for today´s virus-prone, networked world

Keywords

computer viruses; encyclopaedias; software packages; utility programs; AVP antivirus software; Virus Encyclopedia; computer virus dictionary; information comfort; networked world; virus databank; virus detection methods; Dictionaries; Encyclopedias; HTML; Internet; Keyword search; Markup languages; Search engines; User interfaces; Viruses (medical); Web server;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

MultiMedia, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-986X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/93.790614

Filename

790614