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  1. A. Doumas and K. Mavroudakis and D. Gritzalis and S. Katsikas
    Design of a neural network for recognition and classification of computer viruses
    Computers & Security, 14(5), pp. 435-48, 1995.

     
  1. Allan Lundell
    Zeitbombe Computer-Virus
    Rowohlt, 1990.

     
  1. American Council on Education and United Educators Insurance
    A White Paper on Computer Viruses
    RZ MEMO, Number 3, pp. 24-31, 1989.

     
  1. Anonymous
    Resource Guide: Virus Protection for Networks
    Byte Magazine, 18(6), p. 144, May 1993.

     
  1. Anonymous
    Software Roundup: Virus-Prevention NLMs: As the computing world becomes increasingly interconnected through LANs, wide-area links, the Internet, and on-line services, corporations are more vulnerable to the threat of computer viruses. BYTE evaluates a convenient and effective solution: antivirus software that works as NetWare NLMs. We test seven products for performance, effectiveness, usability, and versatility
    Byte Magazine, 19(8), p. 129-130, 132--134, 136, August 1994.

     
  1. Anonymous
    Stomping the Nasties: Professor Kenner examines a new volume by computer virus hunter John McAfee
    Byte Magazine, 15(12), p. 466, November 1990.

     
  1. B. C. Soh and T. S. Dillon and P. County
    Quantitative risk assessment of computer virus attacks on computer networks
    Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, 27(10), pp. 1447-1456, September 1995.

     
  1. B. Francis
    A secure future for diskless workstations
    Datamation, 36(22), p. 53-54, 56, November 1990.

     
  1. B. Nance
    Keep networks safe from viruses
    BYTE Magazine, 21(11), p. 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, November 1996.

     
  1. Carey Nachenberg
    Computer Virus: Antivirus Coevolution
    Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 40(1), pp. 46-51, January 1997.

     
  1. Catherine L. Young
    Taxonomy of Computer Virus Defense Mechanisms
    10th National Computer Security Conference, pp. 220-225, 1987.

     
  1. Dale C. Strok
    In the News: Jupiter impacts: Resolution makes a big difference. Supercomputer farming down under. HPF Forum welcomes comments. Smithsonian Awards honor computational scientists. Low-life computer viruses. PVM developers get R&D-100 award. The eyes have it. Neural nets detect breast cancer. Better cars through cooperation. Parallel version of global climate model. Lockheed to run Idaho National Engineering Lab. Public-private partners: new drugs, new software
    IEEE Computational Science & Engineering, 1(3), pp. 88-90, Fall 1994.

     
  1. Daniel Guinier
    Computer Virus Identification by Neural Networks
    ACM SIGSAC Review, 9(4), pp. 49-59, 1991.

     
  1. David G. Green and Terry J. Bossomaier (eds.)
    Complex Systems: From Biology to Computation
    IOS Press, Amsterdam, 1993.

     
  1. David M. Chess
    Computer viruses and related threats to computer and network integrity
    Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, 17(2), pp. 141-148, July 1989.

     
  1. E. H. Spafford
    Computer Viruses--A Form of Artificial Life?
    Technical Report, Purdue University, Number 985, p. 21, 8.

     
  1. Erol Gelenbe and Marisela Hernández
    Virus tests to maximize availability of software systems
    Theoretical Computer Science, 125(1), pp. 131-147, March 1994.

     
  1. Eugen Mate Bacic
    Computer Viruses
    Technical Report, 1988.

     
  1. Eugene H. Spafford and Kathleen A. Heaphy and David J. Ferbrache
    Computer Viruses: Dealing with Electronic Vandalims and Programmed Threats
    ADAPSO, 1990.

     
  1. Eugene H. Spafford
    Computer Viruses - A Form of Artificial Life?
    Technical Report, Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, Number Purdue Technical Report CSD-TR-985, September 1991.

     
  1. Eugene H. Spafford
    Computer Viruses: A Form of Artificial Life?
    Proceedings of the Workshop on Artificial Life (ALIFE '90), Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Vol. 5, pp. 727-748, Addison-Wesley, February 1992.

     
  1. Eugene H. Spafford
    Computer Viruses---A Form of Artificial Life?
    Artificial Life II, pp. 727-745, Addison-Wesley, 1992.

     
  1. Eugene Spafford
    Computer Viruses as Artificial Life
    1994.

     
  1. F. Cohen
    Computer Viruses
    PhD Thesis, University of Southern California, 1985.

     
  1. Frank G. F. Davis and Rex E. Gantenbein
    Recovering from a Computer Virus Attack
    The Journal of Systems and Software, 7(4), pp. 253-258, December 1987.

     
  1. Frank Hoffmeister
    A passive defense against computer viruses
    Proceedings of the IASTED International Symposium Applied Informatics, pp. 176-179, Acta Press, February 1987.

     
  1. Fred B. Cohen
    Computer Viruses
    PhD Thesis, University of Southern California, Dezember 1986.

     
  1. Fred Cohen
    Computer Viruses, Theory and Experiments
    Computers & Security, Vol. 6, pp. 22-35, 1987.

     
  1. Fred Cohen
    Why 32-Bit Desktops Need Virus Protection
    Datamation, 41(13), pp. 41-43, July 1995.

     
  1. Frederick B Cohen
    A short course in computer viruses
    Wiley, 1994.

     
  1. Frederick B. Cohen
    A short course in computer viruses
     p. 250, Wiley, 1994.

     
  1. Gary B. Lamont and Robert E. Marmelstein and David A. Van Veldhuizen
    A Distributed Architecture for a Self-Adaptive Computer Virus Immune System
    New Ideas in Optimization, pp. 167-183, McGraw-Hill, 1999.

     
  1. Giovanni Vigna
    Cryptographic Traces for Mobile Agents
    Mobile Agent Security, Lecture Notes in Computer Science No. 1419, pp. 137-153, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, Germany, 1998.

     
  1. Greg Morrisett and David Walker and Karl Crary and Neal Glew
    From System F to Typed Assembly Language (Extended Version)
    Technical Report, Cornell University, Computer Science, Number TR97-1651, p. 45, November 21, 1997.

     
  1. H J Highland
    A History Of Computer Viruses
    Computers and Security, 16(5), pp. 412-438, 1997.

     
  1. H J Highland
    Procedures To Reduce The Computer Virus Threat
    Computers and Security, 16(5), pp. 439-449, 1997.

     
  1. H. J. Highland
    A History Of Computer Viruses
    Computers and Security, 16(5), pp. 412-438, 1997.

     
  1. H. J. Highland
    Procedures To Reduce The Computer Virus Threat
    Computers and Security, 16(5), pp. 439-449, 1997.

     
  1. H. Thimbleby and S. Anderson and P. Cairns
    A framework for modelling Trojans and computer virus infections
    The Computer Journal, 41(7), pp. 444-458, 1998.

     
  1. H. Thimbleby
    An organizational solution to piracy and viruses
    J. Syst. Softw. (USA), 25(2), pp. 207-215, May 1994.

     
  1. Harold Joseph Highland
    Anatomy of Three Computer Virus Attacks
    Computer & Security, 8(6), pp. 461-466, 1989.

     
  1. Harold Joseph Highland
    How to Detect a Computer Virus in Your System
    Computer & Security, 8(7), pp. 557-559, 1989.

     
  1. Harold Thimbleby and Stuart Anderson and Paul Cairns
    A Framework for Modelling Trojans and Computer Virus Infection
    The Computer Journal, 41(7), 1998.

     
  1. Howard Israel
    Computer Viruses: Myth or Reality?
    10th National Computer Security Conference, pp. 226-230, 1987.

     
  1. International Federation for Information Processing IFIP
    IFIP resolution from 4. September 1989
    Computer & Security, 8(7), pp. 551-552, 1989.

     
  1. J. McAfee
    The virus cure
    Datamation, 35(4), pp. 29-40, February 1989.

     
  1. J. O. Kephart and G. B. Sorkin and D. M. Chess and S. R. White
    Fighting computer viruses
    Scientific American [International Edition], 277(5), pp. 56-61, November 1997.

     
  1. J. O. Kephart and S. R. White
    Measuring and Modeling Computer Virus Prevalence
    Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Computer Society Symposium on Security and Privacy (SSP '93), pp. 2-15, IEEE, May 1993.

     
  1. Jack L. Brock
    November 1988 Internet computer virus and the vulnerability of national telecommunications networks to computer viruses: statement of Jack L. Brock Director, Government Information ... before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives",
    Technical Report, U.S. General Accounting Office, Testimony; GAO/T-IMTEC-89-10, p. 8, U.S. General Accounting Office, 1989.

     
  1. Jeffrey O. Kephart and Gregory B. Sorkin and David M. Chess and Steve R. White
    Fighting Computer Viruses
    Scientific American, 277(5), p. 88, November 1997.

     
  1. Jeffrey O. Kephart and Steve R. White
    How Prevalent are Computer Viruses?
    Technical Report, IBM Research Division, Thomas J.Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, Number RC 17822 No78319, March 1992.

     
  1. John C. Knight and Matthew C. Elder and A. C. Chapin and Brownell K. Combs and Steven Geist and Sean McCulloch and Luis G. Nakano and Robert S. Sielken
    Topics in Survivable Systems
    Technical Report, Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, Number CS-98-22, August 14 1998.

     
  1. John DeHaven
    Stealth Virus Attacks: Anonymous attack software targets networked computers
    Byte Magazine, 18(6), p. 137-138, 140, 142, May 1993.

     
  1. Jonathan T. Moore
    Mobile Code Security Techniques
    Technical Report, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Computer and Information Science, Number MS-CIS-98-28, May 1998.

     
  1. K. Gaj and K. Gorski and R. Kossowski and J. Sobczyk
    Methods of Protection against Computer Viruses
    (SAFECOMP'90): Safety Security and Reliability Related Computers for the 1990s, p. 43, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1990.

     
  1. Kimmo Kauranen and Erkki Mäkinen
    A note on Cohen's formal model for computer viruses
    Technical Report, Department of Computer Science, University of Tampere, Number A-1990-3, 1990.

     
  1. Klaus Brunnstein
    Computer Viren Report
    WRS Verlag, 1989.

     
  1. L. A. Goldberg and P. W. Goldberg and C. A. Phillips and G. B. Sorking
    Constructing Computer Virus Phylogenies
    Research Report, Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Number CS-RR-297, January 1996.

     
  1. L. A. Goldberg and P. W. Goldberg and C. A. Phillips and G. B. Sorking
    Constructing Computer Virus Phylogenies
    Technical Report, University of Warwick, Number CS-RR-297, January 1, 1996.

     
  1. L. A. Goldberg and P. W. Goldberg and C. A. Phillips and G. B. Sorkin
    Constructing Computer Virus Phylogenies
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1075, p. 253, 1996.

     
  1. L. Harn and H.-Y. Lin and S. Yang
    A Software Authentication System for the Prevention of Computer Viruses
    Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Science, pp. 447-450, ACM Press, March 1992.

     
  1. L. J. Hoffman (ed.)
    Rogue Programs: Viruses, Worms and Trojan Horses
    Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1990.

     
  1. L. M. Adleman
    An Abstract Theory of Computer Viruses (invited talk)
    pp. 354-374.

     
  1. Leonard M. Adleman
    An Abstract Theory of Computer Viruses
    August 1998.

     
  1. Leonard M. Adleman
    An Abstract Theory of Computer Viruses
    Advances in Cryptology --- CRYPTO'88, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (No. 403), Springer Verlag, 1988.

     
  1. Leslie Ann Goldberg and Paul W. Goldberg and Cynthia A. Phillip and Gregory B. Sorkin
    Constructing Computer Virus Phylogenies
    Combinatorial Pattern Matching, 7th Annual Symposium, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1075, pp. 253-270, Springer, 10-12 June 1996.

     
  1. Leslie Ann Goldberg and Paul W. Goldberg and Cynthia A. Phillips and Gregory B. Sorkin
    Constructing Computer Virus Phylogenies
    Journal of Algorithms, 26(1), pp. 188-208, January 1998.

     
  1. M. I. Seltzer and Y. Endo and C. Small and K. A. Smith
    Dealing with Disaster: Surviving Misbehaved Kernel Extensions
    Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation, pp. 213-227, October 1996.

     
  1. M. K. Joseph and A. Avizienis
    A Fault Tolerance Approach to Computer Viruses
    IEEE Symp. on Security and Privacy, pp. 52-58, IEEE Comp. Sci. Press, 1988.

     
  1. M. Schlack
    How to keep viruses off your LAN
    Datamation, 37(20), p. 87-88, 90, October 1991.

     
  1. Maria M. Pozzo and Terence E. Gray
    An Approach to Containing Computer Viruses
    Computers & Security, Vol. 6, pp. 321-331, 1987.

     
  1. Mark K. Joseph and Algirdas Avizienis
    A Fault Tolerance Approach To Computer Viruses
    Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Research in Security and Privacy, pp. 52-57, IEEE Computer Society Press, April 1988.

     
  1. Markus G. Kuhn and Ross J. Anderson
    Soft Tempest: Hidden Data Transmission using Electromagnetic Emanations
    Information Hiding: Second International Workshop, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1525, pp. 124-142, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 1998.

     
  1. Matt Bishop
    An Overview of Computer Viruses in a Research Environment
    Technical Report (paper), Dartmouth College, Computer Science, Number TR91-156, January 1991.

     
  1. Matt Bishop
    An Overview of Computer Viruses in a Research Environment
    Technical Report, Dept of Mathematics and Computer Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, 1992.

     
  1. Nachenberg
    Computer Virus-Antivirus Coevolution
    CACM: Communications of the ACM, Vol. 40, 1997.

     
  1. Nick Lai and Terence E. Gray
    Strengthening Discretionary Access Controls to Inhibit Trojan Horses and Computer Viruses
    USENIX Conference Proceedings, Summer, 1988. San Francisco, pp. 275-286, USENIX, Summer 1988.

     
  1. NTIS NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE
    Computer Viruses and Related Threats: a Management Guide (Reference).

     
  1. P.-M. Agapow
    Computational Brittleness and the Evolution of Computer Viruses
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1141, p. 2, 1996.

     
  1. Paul-Michael Agapow
    Computational Brittleness and the Evolution of Computer Viruses
    Parallel Problem Solving From Nature IV. Proceedings of the International Conference on Evolutionary Computation, LNCS, Vol. 1141, pp. 2-11, Springer-Verlag, 22-26 September 1996.

     
  1. R. Lo and P. Kerchen and R. Crawford and W. Ho and J. Crossley and G. Fink and K. Levitt and R. Olsson and M. Archer
    Towards a Testbed for Malicious Code Detection
    COMPCON Spring '91, pp. 160-166, 25th February -1st mar 1991.

     
  1. R. Slade
    Computer Viruses
    Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1996.

     
  1. Rafail Ostrovsky and Moti Yung
    How To Withstand Mobile Virus Attacks
    Proceedings of the 10th Annual ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), pp. 51-59, August 1991.

     
  1. Ross M. Greenberg
    Know thy viral enemy (computer viruses)
    Byte Magazine, 14(6), pp. 275-280, June 1989.

     
  1. S R White
    Covert Distributed processing with Computer Viruses
    Advances in Cryptology --- Crypto '89, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 435, pp. 616-619, 1989.

     
  1. S. Diehl and S. Wszola and B. Kliewer and L. Stevens
    Rx for Safer Data
    Byte Magazine, 16(8), p. 218-224, 226, 228, 230, 234--235, August 1991.

     
  1. S. Hedberg
    Industry Spotlight: Combating computer viruses: IBM's new computer immune system
    IEEE parallel and distributed technology: systems and applications, 4(2), pp. 9-11, Summer 1996.

     
  1. S. R. White
    Covert Distributed processing with Computer Viruses
    Advances in Cryptology --- CRYPTO '89, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 435, pp. 616-619, Springer-Verlag, 1990.

     
  1. Steve R. White
    Covert distributed processing with computer viruses
    Advances in Cryptology: CRYPTO '89, pp. 616-619, Springer, August 1990.

     
  1. Terence E. Gray Nick Lot
    Strengthening Discretionary Aceess Controls to Inhibit Trojan Horses and Computer Viruses
    Proceedings of the USENIX Summer Conference, pp. 275-286, USENIX Association, June 1988.

     
  1. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance
    Computer security: virus highlights need for improved Internet management: report to the chairman Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives",
    Technical Report, U.S. General Accounting Office, p. 48, U.S. General Accounting Office, 1989.

     
  1. United States. General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance
    Computer security: virus highlights need for improved Internet management: report to the chairman Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives",
    Technical Report, GAO, Number GAO/IMTEC-89-57, p. 48, June 1989.

     
  1. Varney
    Adequacy of Checksum Algorithms for Computer Virus Detection
    SIGSMALL: SIGSMALL/PC NOTES (ACM Special Interest Group on Small and Personal Computing Systems and Applications), Vol. 17, 1991.

     
  1. X A Li and J H Fu and Y G Song and H Y Yang
    Recursive mappings for computer virus
    Chinacrypt '94, pp. 279-286, 11-15 November 1994.

     
  1. X. A. Li and J. H. Fu and Y. G. Song and H. Y. Yang
    Recursive mappings for computer virus
    Chinacrypt'94:11--15 November 1994 at Xidian, China, pp. 279-286, 1994.

     


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