CA Global Security Advisor Resources

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How to Delete an Active Pest
Manually remove pests that are currently running on your machine.

Security Articles

What’s the Fuss about Spyware?
What’s the Fuss about Spyware?

Ransomware Threatens to Take Your Data Hostage
Ransomware Threatens to Take Your Data Hostage

Is Spyware Watching You on the Internet?
Is Spyware Watching You on the Internet?

The Latest Trends in Spyware
The Latest Trends in Spyware

Stealth Attack: Defending Your Business from Social Engineering
Stealth Attack: Defending Your Business from Social Engineering

Virus Certifications

eTrust Intrusion Detection Certifications
eTrust Intrusion Detection Interoperability Certified

West Coast Labs Checkmark
A system which establishes a standard for computer security products, tests them against that standard and then produces a certificate which shows that they meet the standard

VB100% Award
Virus Bulletin's VB100% award recognizes antivirus solution best able to detect 100% of "in-the-wild" viruses

Virus Information & Prevention

Computer Viruses - An Introduction
A primer for understanding computer virus basics.

Protecting GroupWare Messaging Systems
Safeguarding groupware messaging systems with virus protection and backup

Choosing Antivirus Software
Find out the important factors in selecting an antivirus solution

Macro Viruses
An in-depth look at Macro Viruses

Establishing Virus Prevention Policies
Find out how to establish and implement a practical and effective virus prevention policy.

Recognizing virus hoaxes
Don't believe the hype. A short guide to recognizing virus hoaxes

Backdoor Programs and Remote Access Trojans
Protect yourself from malicious software that allows unauthorized access to your computer

eTrust Antivirus Tools and Utilities
The CA Security Advisory Team provides a range of standalone cleaning utilities and useful tools for the most widespread and dangerous viruses.

Anti-Virus Research - Dealing with Metamorphism
Initially Published in Virus Bulletin Magazine October 2002

Disabling System Restore on Windows ME and XP
Simple instructions for Windows ME or XP users on how to temporarily disable System Restore

Anti-Virus Research - The 32 bit Augean Stables
Initially published in Virus Bulletin Magazine July 2001

eTrust Antivirus Scanner Help Guide
CA's eTrust Antivirus Web Scanner is a fast, easy to use antivirus tool capable of detecting and cleaning the latest viruses, trojans and worms from within your web browser.

Anti-Virus Research - Where to from here?
Initially published in Virus Bulletin Magazine November 2003

Anti-Virus Research - Flooding from the Underground: A Global Threat
Initially published in Virus Bulletin Magazine August 2003

Anti-Virus Research - How to smell a RAT
Initially presented at the Twelth Annual Virus Bulletin International Conference September 2002

What is Virtue?
Learn more about Virtue, our automated file processing system.

Anti-Virus Research - Detecting Hoaxes as the Spam they truly are
Initially presented at the Thirteenth Annual Virus Bulletin International Conference September 2003

AntiVirus Research - The Future of Malware
Initially presented at the Thirteenth Annual Virus Bulletin International Conference September 2003

Antivirus Research - Performance testing of AV Scanners - in search of a better way
Initially published in Virus Bulletin Magazine September 2002

The WildList
Viruses in the Wild - October 2007 Page 1

The WildList contd.
Viruses in the Wild - October 2007 Page 2

eTrust Antivirus Malware Naming Policy
Computer Associates eTrust Antivirus Malware Naming Policy

Anti-Virus Research - Watch the Money-Go-Round, Watch the Malware-Go-Round
Initially presented at the Fourteenth Annual Virus Bulletin International Conference, Chicago, October 2004.

Anti-Virus Research - Trapping Worms in a Virtual Net
Initially presented at the Fourteenth Annual Virus Bulletin International Conference, Chicago, October 2004.

Anti-Virus Research - The Signs, Signifiers and Semiotics of the Successful Semantic Attack.
Initially presented at the Fourteenth Annual International EICAR conference, Malta, April 2005.

Anti-Virus Research - Exploiting Vulnerabilities in the Human Interface for Fun and Profit.
Initially published in Virus Bulletin Magazine Spam Supplement, August 2005.

Anti-Virus Research - Solving the Bagle Jigsaw.
Initially presented at the Fifthteenth Annual Virus Bulletin International Conference, Dublin, October 2005.

Anti-Virus Research - Is Online Pornography and Virtual Sex Bad for your (Operating) System?
Initially published in the proceedings of the Fifthteenth Annual Virus Bulletin International Conference, Dublin, October 2005.

How to clean Word documents of macro virus infections.
Instructions to manually clean Word documents and templates of macro virus infections.

Anti-Virus Research - Loathing Lupper in Linux
By Jakub Kaminski

What to Do If You Get a Virus

Managing Malware Incidents
What to do when you think you have a virus.

Submit a Malware Sample
Find out how to submit a malware sample to CA for analysis