Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The handbook is the result of extensive research and evaluation conducted by individual practioners, and commercial and government agencies in the United States, Europe and Canada. It has been researched and compiled to provide authoriative information about the virus threat, the technical issues involved, and countermeasures. The Computer Virus Handbook includes, for the first time in published form, independent technical evaluations of some 22 prominent anti-virus software packages - a survey which will prove invaluable to the computing professional seeking to identify, prevent or eliminate computer viruses. The handbook contains: * First-hand accounts of several notorious computer virus attacks - information unavailable in any other publication. * Company guidelines to reduce the risk of virus attacks with recommendations for computer virus disaster planning. * Technical research papers written by world authorities. * Definitions of computer virus and other attack programs. * Anatomical characteristics of specific viruses. * The first publication of a report about the emerging generation of computer viruses and the implications for establishing countermeasures.