BKDRSVEN.RVW 950828 "Dr. Solomon's Virus Encyclopedia", Alan Solomon, 1995, 1-897661-00-2, UK#19.99 %A Alan Solomon %C Alton House, Gatehouse Way, Aylesbury, Bucks HP19 3XU, England %D 1995 %G 1-897661-00-2 %I S&S International Ltd. %O UK#19.99 +44-1296-318700 +44-1296-318777 +1-617-273-7412 %O support@sands.co.uk, support@sands.com %P 265 %T "Dr. Solomon's Virus Encyclopedia" Resources for details and reliable information on operations of the thousands of MS-DOS viral programs are rare. The virus listing chapter of "Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit" has often been recommended as a resource for such data. It has now been published separately from the program documentation and is available from the company. The general discussion of viral programs is accurate, but fairly terse. There is a quick overview of what a virus is (which contains a very useful list of commons false alarms), as well as definitions of the most common terminology. There is a very short history from 1986 to 1994. Technical details are abundant, particularly in the extended discussion of stealth techniques. The bulk of the book lies in the listings of almost nine hundred viral programs and variants. A very useful and helpful reference, with both a high degree of accuracy and wide coverage of the known viral strains. For those dealing with MS-DOS viral programs, this should likely be a standard bookshelf fixture. Be cautious in obtaining the book from sources other that directly from S&S: the ISBN is the same as for the 1992 edition. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1993, 1995 BKDRSVEN.RVW 950828 ====================== DECUS Canada Communications, Desktop, Education and Security group newsletters roberts@decus.ca slade@freenet.victoria.bc.ca Rob_Slade@mindlink.bc.ca Author "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" 0-387-94311-0/3-540-94311-0