The computer virus crisis / Philip Fites, Peter Johnston and Martin Kratz.

By: Fites, Philip E .

Contributor(s): Johnston, Peter, 1948- | Kratz, Martin P. J .

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BookPublisher: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989Description: ix, 171 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0442285329 .Subject(s): Computer viruses

DDC classification: 005.8

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Lending	MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item	005.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00027813

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Describes the current state of computer viruses and antiviral programs, listing several hundred, and explains general procedures for preventing, recognizing, diagnosing, and removing viruses, and repairing any damage they have done. The date of the first edition is not mentioned. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-164) and index.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

As the spectrum of computer viruses broadens and the frequency of their appearance multiplies, books of this genre will continue to proliferate. Consequently, computer users will be grateful for this updated version (1st ed, CH, Jul'89). The authors indicate with great clarity how one may significantly reduce the risk of being victimized by a small cadre of deadbeats whose creative capabilities are limited to relatively simplistic technical "achievements." It is almost always easier to destroy than to build in most areas of human endeavor. This new edition, with its greater number of references and much larger index, shows the means by which one's computer can be infiltrated by damaging programs, as well as the various ways in which they create their havoc. One very large index, 147 pages, is devoted to summary descriptions of currently known computer viruses. Unchanged is the authors' position that those who unleash a data-destroying virus should be held criminally accountable for their actions.-E. Hook, formerly, Gettysburg College