Anti Virus Books

He comprado este libro, ya que tenía la versión anterior, y me encontré que es aún mucho mejor. Más info, más páginas, más de todo, y de las últimas versiones de soft. Entonces también copio aquí mi review de la edición '99: "Como ya conocía las revistas de computación que edita MP Ediciones decidí confiar en ellos al comprar este libro antes que otros de la competencia, y realmente me sorprendió la alta calidad del mismo. Está escrito en un lenguaje completamente sencillo para una/o que recién empieza con la computación. Lo compré en principio solo para aprender lo básico de la computadora, de Internet y de Word y terminé leyendo todo el libro y aprendiendo hasta a hacer planillas en Excel. Realmente lo recomiendo ya que tiene un poco de todo y en la cantidad suficiente para aprender muy bien al mejore estilo de esas lineas de libros for Dummies o Idiots, aunque no me considero nada de eso..:-) Muy Bueno."

Como ya conocía las revistas de computación que edita MP Ediciones decidí confiar en ellos al comprar este libro antes que otros de la competencia, y realmente me sorprendió la alta calidad del mismo. Está escrito en un lenguaje completamente sencillo para una/o que recién empieza con la computación. Lo compré en principio solo para aprender lo básico de la computadora, de Internet y de Word y terminé leyendo todo el libro y aprendiendo hasta a hacer planillas en Excel. Realmente lo recomiendo ya que tiene un poco de todo y en la cantidad suficiente para aprender muy bien al mejore estilo de esas lineas de libros for Dummies o Idiots, aunque no me considero nada de eso..:-) Muy Bueno.

I think this book is the only one to cover such a broad variety of free security tools. It focuses in particular on the pros and cons of using them in a business setting, including details such as the availability of support, functionality, and ease of use.

There are some very useful grids or feature matrices when a specific product category offers multiple solutions. These are very useful as they allow you to tell at a glance which products have what features. From there you can quickly rule out the products which do not meet your needs.

Grab one at a book store and flip through it, the writing is easy to digest and "friendly" without sounding too clinical.

I decided to read more about C.J. Peters after I concluded The Hot Zone; finding myself infatuated with this semi-mysterious, tropical-shirt wearing military officer and virus researcher. I was fascinated by this man whose experience and research will and has changed history.

Despite the unmatched experience, education and brillance of C.J. Peters intellect, I found the tone of this book suprisingly "down to earth" Peters is clearly a scientist who an experienced mentor. I sensed he does not see how extraordinary his life is; only that he is aware he is a man who has pursued his passion.

Having recently read both The Hot Zone (marburg), and Preston's Demon in The Freezer (smallpox), I felt I comprehended the power of airborne virus'. What I gained from Virus Hunter was just how much research, time and passion it takes for scientists to learn about these diseases. The intensity of virus research and trying to save human lives makes for an extraordinary read, particulary from the first hand accounts of a true virus hunter (I found his character truly translates to an Indiana Jones of the viral world...pursuing his subject deep into Brazil, the Sudan, and Virginia...)

Peters shares experiences including communication attempts with people around the world, and a need to relate to their lives. He wrote of adventures trying to reach rural locations in South America. He also respectfully recounts the stories of other scientists who succumbed to virus' illness, and the need for the research community to see these deaths as something to hold in mind while seeking a cure. Clearly attaching specific individuals (whether lab researchers, or individual unnamed patients who he watched die) as representatives of why cures MUST be found.


The only lull in this book is about 3/4 though the early chapter about the Four Corners outbreak, the initial story was intiguing (and as you will see ties distinctly into the entire theme of the book), however, it did drag. This was the ONLY slow part of this book. The rest was amazing.

C.J. Peters is the kind of scientist you want to sit, and UNDERSTAND what he sees and learns. He can easily communicate with the average person, and with those at the highest level in military and intellectual leaders. I so wish I had such a passionate scientist who has as much respect for women biologists as men; a scientist whose infectious (pun intended) passion raises everyone sense of curiousity about the subject he teaches. I believe more educators with his passion would produce more passionate scientist, and people willing to take on the overwhelming accomplishment of achieving a biology degree at University.


I would strongly, strongly recommend this book to anyone with any sort of interest in biology, disease, virus, or just anyone who enjoys a terrific adventure.

The sharing of his personal details, and the mating habits of top scientists (they date among their own kind...) added a true depth to his storyline.

I found this book utterly brilliant. The clear message is everyone must be aware of the dangers of viral disease, the serious nature of these illness' which are not classified as bacteria...nor parasitic. Also, the tight budgets created for medical research are truly a danger to the future of our health and those of developing nations.

While I was eating dinner the other night, I was deep in Virus Hunter, reading the descriptive details of what Ebola does to the human body. The thought suddenly struck me...I am eating and reading about subcutaneous hemorrhaging without even a blink...

Now THAT is a good book!

Everyone who is interested in life threatening diseases has come upon the name of C.J. Peters, a leading figure in epidemiology for at least 20 years. So, when i saw the book i bought it just to get an insight of the man himself. What i found was an inspiring manifest of how ''the job gets done'', written by a deeply stuborn, sensitive and respectfull scientist. It is not only a fine book on emerging diseases, it is also a call to medics and politicians alike to enlist to one of the most important, yet underated, scientific fields. Don't miss it.

An excellent book!
This books reads like a thriller as the authors take the reader from one hot zone to another. My appreciation for the bravery and humanity of individuals who do this has increased manifold after reading this.

I extremely enjoyed Dr. Peters's book. The only thing that I can argue with him about is in the chapter titled Cochabamba, when he describes Bolivia's geography he makes a mistake. I expect that he got confused, but he said the that the Kollas live in the lowlands of Beni and Santa Cruz and the Cambas in La Paz and the high altitude Altiplano. Well, the truth is that Cambas live in the lowlands of Bolivia and Kollas in the highlands. Otherwise I found the book very good and entertaining. I recommend everybody to read it, but to remember the Camba-Kolla explanation.

The maps of South America & Africa were confusing - they put a lot of effort into identifying most of the Countries, but many of them didn't feature in the text, so why give the Geography lesson?

The 20 photographs were of some interest, but there was only one photo of a patient with symptoms, and only one of a virus - I wish there'd been more of those and less of head & shoulders like having a meal and daughter's high-school graduation?

Great disappointment - absolutely no Index!

The penultimate Chapter 11 gives a prediction of Avian Flu originating in Thailand - just what we're getting news about this month (Jan 2004) - but this book was published in 1997. Given the age of the book, its probably not surprising that Chapter 12 is very out of date (as in 'wrong') regarding its description of BSE (Mad Cow Disease) & CJD.

Was it necessary that we be told what the wife of the 'ghost writer' does for a living?

If you are interested in the SANS 504 GCIH certification, this is a great primer text if not better than their class. At the very least this will prepare you for the hands on aspect of that environment. This is pure network based hacking from my point of view and although these exploits can be used via the web, they deal mainly with vulnerabilities not of the web application layer. Something that I would really like to see in a text such as this is a complete exploit, which is known and patched, exploited step by step. Even in the SANS world this was not facilitated and if we are to ever truly educate security professionals on the "black arts" of hacking, then we must teach them by example. People don't learn calculus without a step by step explanation on how to arrive at the solution, so why would we expect security professionals to learn an exploit method using partial code snippets or theories? Get with the program and use disclosure as the powerful tool it represents.

I confess to some bias - I was one of the tech reviewers on this book. I work with network security all of the time, but one area I'm not an expert on is viruses. Reviewing Roger's book was a real education - I learned quite a bit. I also known from experience that writing about technical subjects can be difficult and dry - this book was an easy read all the way through. If you're interested in learning more about viruses, this is a must-have.

This book offers one of the best and most complete look at viruses, worms, Trojans, and any other type of program designed to "infect" a computer. It describes not only the various types of "malicious programs" out there, but also the environments in which they run. The book's second chapter discusses DOS based viruses, and even if DOS is not that popular anymore, it is good for a historical reference.

The book goes on to discuss Windows-related viruses, macro viruses, as well as Trojans and worms. Each chapter gives examples of what to look for if you suspect you have been infected, and the early chapters give summaries of "famous viruses of the past." Also discussed are attacks involving IRC and other instant messaging programs, browser technologies, malicious Java applets, and what types of attacks can occur with Active X. There's also a chapter devoted to email attacks.

The book finishes off with chapters on hoax viruses, which can be just as dangerous sometimes as real viruses, when people assume the hoaxes are true, how to defend against malicious code, and finally what the future entails.

Malicious code unfortunately is a way of life and this book offers lots of information on how to avoid them and also what to do if your computer does get infected.

More important than anything else I can say about this book is that it was a good read! Being subject to often boring books on algorithms, and operating systems, this book kept me captivated with its straight forward presentation, and even more remarkable stories. Even if you never plan to start editting a registry, this book is worth reading.

What I got most from this book though was a perpective on dealing with virus (etc) problems overall. Identifying what area of a system needs examining, what precautions should be taken, and even classifying symptoms, was very enlightning. That it was also a major source in a paper I received an A on, doesn't hurt either. I am sure it will come in as a handy reference for some time yet.

Keeping up with computer security is a full time job. Grimes has given a clear, precise primer of one aspect of computer security - viruses, trojans, worms - collectively known as malicious mobile code. The book is DOS/Windows centric, but this focus helps you see a) where the threats for the most part, and b) allows you to extend the types of threats into other operating systems. You are taken step by step through the development of malicious code and how and why they can work on some systems, but less effectively on others. The constant refrain of the book shows the author's philosophy: Use an up to date anti-virus product. But if somethign slips by, Grimes shows you ways to react, and lessen the impact if not to this once computer, but to the rest on the network. It is easily one of the most readable books I have encountered on the subject.

This book is an essential reference for any computer manager's toolkit. We can't stop the code writers from producing thier output, but we can work to lessen the impact they can have on us.

This book is not about how to write viruses or how to protect yourself from them. It's about the theoretical aspects of viruses. It's a good book. Not great writing, sometimes too difficult theory, leaves out some stuff that could be included now. It's pretty much required reading if you want to really understand how viruses work, not just how to operate your anti virus software, or how to create a new variant of an Outlook virus. It can elevate your thinking about viruses above the specifics of what is going on with today's viruses under today's security models.

Fred Cohen did pioneering research work in viruses and this book is a survey of virus technology. The book covers the general topic of malicious software from a solid technical level. The book provides no magic bullets either for stopping viruses nor for writing them (there aren't any), but he nails the technology right on. Sill a worthwhile book even though it predates the popularization of active content like Java and the outbreaks of macro viruses in Office applications.

While Cohen did coin the term Computer Virus this book. This book little in the technical application of viruses. Lot on theory that requires a good knowledge of math to follow. While he tries to make light of the Virus problem he does stress it is a problem that must be dealt with. Though he seems to supporr the idea that knowledge of Comp. Virus is a better answer then allow users to blindly deal with viruses. This book would not help you make or even stop a virus. Unless you are solidly ground in math theory of Computer viruses and the use of this theoy in actaul code. This book is more for the Collector of books of this nature or the seroius student.

Over the last decade, computer virus attacks have become more frequent and costly. Virus Detection and Elimination was one of the first - and one of the best - books on the subject. It was my reference guide when I began researching the subject six years ago. Skardhamar provides a good overview of the basic concepts and history of virus technology in the early chapters and then moves into design and programming techniques. Although a layman could understand the first section, the book is targeted at software professionals.

Although still a sound reference, more current and comprehensive texts are available. For example, an IT professional might prefer Viruses Revealed by David Harley

This book is full of information, code and explanations. I will recomend it to people with some knowledge on computers because it was writen in a technical lenguage. I found it pretty informative and usefull.

As the title so aptly puts it, there is a war going on in all areas of computer usage. .... A list of common viruses is given, along with the patterns, in hexadecimal, that are used to identify the virus when a virus search is performed. A 'C'' program that will search all files for the specific patterns is included in an appendix. However, knowledge of the 'C'' language is not necessary to understand the material in the book. Other methods used to combat viruses are also described. The material is presented in such a way that any modestly competent computer user can understand it.
This book is very strongly recommended for all users of computers, whether casual or professional. ....

While the book claims to show you how to reconize a compute virus, what is actaul does is show you how to be more aware of your computer. Through using Mcafee's software how to hopefully detect and remove the virus.Problay cheaper and better off to buy the newest version of McAfee's program anf read the directions that come with it. If you are not going to by McAfee'software this book is useless.

In revewing this book, it shows all the major types of viruses and the ways in which they are used. The author also gives history on these items and lists actual places that had problems with particular strains of viruses. The book gives a strong overview of different types and how they operate. He also includes assembler snipets that illustrate the main concepts of particular strains.

Now When I read this I was just a beginner, Now I'm a Upper novice at best.
All around it gives useful information to those of us that aren't computer techs, and certainly wouldn't know a MB from a KB.
Its easy to read. As well as easy to remember.
I recommend this book to many many people for the simple fact its Just that good.

Tsk,tsk, Sybex! The graphics and title of this book misrepresent the contents inside.

The cover's funky neon design jumps at you shouting, "CAUTION, WARNING -- DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!!!". The subtitle promises to "Shield Your Computer From Internet Crime" -- Hey, they even provide little green men on the cover to stomp on those bad guys. But does it deliver?

On page 24, the author gives you a CLUE as to how much you are going to learn, "It is not my intention that this book offer hackers...specific recipes that show them precisely how, step-by-step, to steal information, break security, or otherwise do damage to others. Therefore, I describe various hacking techniques in general terms but usually do not provide the explicit details of the process itself."

What you end up with is basically a glorified dictionary on computer hacking: Want to know what a hacker is?, a cracker? Here's a bunch of ways you could get attacked. Here's some terminology... a Glorified Dictionary--get the idea!

This book wouldn't have been half bad with a title such as an introduction to...a beginner's guide.... a dummy's/idiot's guide, etc. And as the "Dummy" publishers know, there is a market for this type of book. But don't get my heart racing thinking I'm going on a date with Raquel only to find out it's gonna be Bertha! (apologies to Berthas everywhere).

So let's assume this is like one of the [above] books, how then does it deliver. Well, on the down side I found no logic in the order the topics were presented (at least in a dictionary you have alphabetical order). On the plus side the author's style of writing was casual and entertaining as well as being clear and easily understandable. And there were a few BASIC things shown to help ward off an attack.

All in all, if someone wants to begin to understand what all this hacking stuff is all about, this is a good place to start. You can either read it all in an evening or spend a few days reading it during the commercials of a hockey game and come away with learning some of the BASIC things Hackers do.

Borrow this book from the Library first, then decide if it offers you enough info about hacking to warrant purchasing it!

This book is a disjointed collection of information freely available on a number of internet sites. It has little order, logic or useful (correct) information. After reading it, it became clear the author knows absolutely nothing about computer security, and the publisher did not employ a technical editor. The book is poorly organized, the information insufficient and after reading this a novice will be wide open to attack. Misinformation can be more dangerous than complete ignorance, the scary part is that novices reading this book don't know that they are being misinformed and may take the information as gospel. As for the author's statement "It is not my intention that this book offer hackers...specific recipes that show them precisely how, step-by-step, to steal information, break security, or otherwise do damage to others. Therefore, I describe various hacking techniques in general terms but usually do not provide the explicit details of the process itself." There are several books that provide explicit details of hacking techniques, this is necessary and teaches people how to defend themselves against specific attacks. So the idea that the author is trying to keep dangerous information out of criminal hands is ridiculous, the author is most likely trying to avoid explaining a subject that he obviously does not understand himself.
There are a number of books that do a better job of introducing the concepts of security to a beginner, avoid this one.

Tsk,tsk, Sybex! The graphics and title of this book misrepresent the contents inside.

The cover's funky neon design jumps at you shouting, "CAUTION, WARNING -- DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!!!". The subtitle promises to "Shield Your Computer From Internet Crime" -- Hey, they even provide little green men on the cover to stomp on those bad guys. But does it deliver?

On page 24, the author gives you a CLUE as to how much you are going to learn, "It is not my intention that this book offer hackers...specific recipes that show them precisely how, step-by-step, to steal information, break security, or otherwise do damage to others. Therefore, I describe various hacking techniques in general terms but usually do not provide the explicit details of the process itself."

What you end up with is basically a glorified dictionary on computer hacking: Want to know what a hacker is?, a cracker? Here's a bunch of ways you could get attacked. Here's some terminology... a Glorified Dictionary--get the idea!

This book wouldn't have been half bad with a title such as an introduction to...a beginner's guide.... a dummy's/idiot's guide, etc. And as the "Dummy" publishers know, there is a market for this type of book. But don't get my heart racing thinking I'm going on a date with Raquel only to find out it's gonna be Bertha! (apologies to Berthas everywhere).

So let's assume this is like one of the Moron books, how then does it deliver. Well, on the down side I found no logic in the order the topics were presented (at least in a dictionary you have alphabetical order). On the plus side the author's style of writing was casual and entertaining as well as being clear and easily understandable. And there were a few BASIC things shown to help ward off an attack.

All in all, if someone wants to begin to understand what all this hacking stuff is all about, this is a good place to start. You can either read it all in an evening or spend a few days reading it during the commercials of a hockey game and come away with learning some of the BASIC things Hackers do.

Borrow this book from the Library first, then decide if it offers you enough info about hacking to warrant purchasing it!

This book is a disjointed collection of information freely available on a number of internet sites. It has little order, logic or useful (correct) information. After reading it, it became clear the author knows absolutely nothing about computer security, and the publisher did not employ a technical editor. The book is poorly organized, the information insufficient and after reading this a novice will be wide open to attack. Misinformation can be more dangerous than complete ignorance, the scary part is that novices reading this book don't know that they are being misinformed and may take the information as gospel. As for the author's statement "It is not my intention that this book offer hackers...specific recipes that show them precisely how, step-by-step, to steal information, break security, or otherwise do damage to others. Therefore, I describe various hacking techniques in general terms but usually do not provide the explicit details of the process itself." There are several books that provide explicit details of hacking techniques, this is necessary and teaches people how to defend themselves against specific attacks. So the idea that the author is trying to keep dangerous information out of criminal hands is ridiculous, the author is most likely trying to avoid explaining a subject that he obviously does not understand himself.
There are a number of books that do a better job of introducing the concepts of security to a beginner, avoid this one.