A Short Course on Computer Viruses

This is the newest version of the definitive text book on computer viruses used to teach thousands of professionals worldwide. It is written by the award winning computer virus expert who has appeared on television & radio world wide. It includes many diagrams & graphics, & explains the whole topic clearly, simply, & explicitly. Topics include: how viruses work, how viruses bypass modern security systems, three differences between viruses & other computer attacks, how backups fail under virus attack, experimental attacks & what they have shown us, real world attacks & how management decisions stopped them or helped them spread, theoretical limits on defenses & how they impact practical systems, how to select an appropriate defense, how many modern defenses fail & what the long term solutions are, recovery from computer viruses, effects on risk analysis, audit failures, scenarios of attack & defense, & what the future holds in attacks & defenses. If you are going to read one book on computer viruses, this should be it! Discounts for libraries, universities, bookstores, & quantity purchases. Available through ASP Press, P. O. Box 81270 Pittsburgh, PA 15217, Tel. 412-422-4134, FAX 412-422-4135.Cohen, F. is the author of 'A Short Course on Computer Viruses' with ISBN 9781878109019 and ISBN 1878109014.