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Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by zaidgs on 04-15-2005 at 12:42 PM
can anyone provide a link to some virus-downloading sites. i want to check for myself how well does different anti-viruses do good at catching viruses!!!
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by Wabz on 04-15-2005 at 01:29 PM
I've never actually seen anywhere let viruses be downloadable.
I don't imagine there is either could you imagine the destructive purposes this kind of site would provide idiots on the internet with
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by Ahmad on 04-15-2005 at 01:30 PM
just jump on mirc and wait to be spammed with virus links
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by Eljay on 04-15-2005 at 01:34 PM
hint: get kazaa and type in random program and film names and wait for "those 5kb" files 
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by .Roy on 04-15-2005 at 01:54 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Lee Jeffery
hint: get kazaa and type in random program and film names and wait for "those 5kb" files
simaller to what lee jeffery said. But just go to a p2p program and search like a game keygen. Then you will probobly see an .exe Download that. Its probobly a virus
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by John Anderton on 04-15-2005 at 02:22 PM
quote:Actually ...... when u search for games u'll see a bunch of 32 kb files ..... they r viruses .... i know cause my av caught them
Originally posted by Lee Jeffery
simaller to what lee jeffery said. But just go to a p2p program and search like a game keygen. Then you will probobly see an .exe Download that. Its probobly a virus
I wouldnt try a stunt like this as i dont wanna risk loosing my files
There is another way u know. U can goto http://www.symantec.com ..... NAV's site and there they have a free av and firewall check
It takes a few mins but its good .... i tried it ... it gives a detailed report
Ill try to find the link but u do it too
Its really good BEST OPTION IMO
UPDATE:
The link is present in the dowloads section of the main page it self. On clicking you will be redirected here
Get the test done for free .... thats the best imo
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by segosa on 04-15-2005 at 07:20 PM
John Anderton, there's no risk of losing anything if you use vmware to run the viruses on.
zaidgs, I have a few on my virtual machine from the past but I doubt they're good to test your AV...
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by Rik on 04-15-2005 at 07:35 PM
try using google
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by DJeX on 04-15-2005 at 07:51 PM
I could give you sites but it's againt forum rules.
Hint: Search google for Virus Source code, I know theres a site out there that you can download almost any virus you want but I fot the url.
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by zaidgs on 04-15-2005 at 08:09 PM
kazaa was a great idea, i dunno how i missed it.... thx guys!!
quote:i think they probably would have some use...
Originally posted by Segosa
zaidgs, I have a few on my virtual machine from the past but I doubt they're good to test your AV...
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by Chris4 on 04-16-2005 at 12:10 AM
Tell us what the results are once your finished
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by John Anderton on 04-16-2005 at 04:21 AM
What i dont get is why isnt anyone trying the symantec thingy 
I alwayz tht that it was good 
quote:
Originally posted by chris4
Tell us what the results are once your finished
..... i dont wanna know how effective ur av was .... well tell me anyway ...but did u find a virus 
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by mad_onion on 04-16-2005 at 04:05 PM
oh that security test thing is good. i got safe on the first three and i only have windows firewall. but i failed on the last one cause i dont use an anti virus becuase it slows down the execution of files and i am usually quite sensible on the net and dont just downlload anything.
btw why do you want to have a virus i still dont really get what you mean?
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by zaidgs on 04-16-2005 at 09:44 PM
i am no expert in testing AVs, and my test was pretty 'shallow' (i used 4 viruses downloaded from kazaa-lite with keyword "sex") although my test initially was to check the effiency of auto-protect features, all my four candidates acted instantly (norton 2005, symantec corp. 8.0, mcafee enterprise 8.0i, nod32)
yet it seems that mcafee has the most thorogh virus definitions as it caugh the 4 viruses i downloaded. nod32 caught 3. norton\symantec surprisingly caught only 2!!
so to brief it up, i dumped norton and changed to mcafee!!
nod32's definitions were back to december 2004, this might have been one reason it didnt detect it.
mcafee's defitinitions were march 2005.
norton's definitions were april 2005, so it got no excuse at all!!!
note that the viruses were not detected in my tests using both automatic and manual scans!! all options were optimized for maximum protection, including herutics which didnt even act after i ran the viruses!
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by Supersonicdarky on 04-16-2005 at 09:48 PM
This isn't a virus but you can check your firewall with it, it sends traffic to your computer
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by Millenium_edition on 04-16-2005 at 10:07 PM
quote:why are you posting that, he wants to test antivirus software?
Originally posted by supersonicdarky
This isn't a virus but you can check your firewall with it, it sends traffic to your computer
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by Fredzz on 04-16-2005 at 11:09 PM
they come in packs , if i shoudlnt post this , please remove! http://biohazard.xz.cz/room.html
Just pick a letter and you will downlaod a zip file with all the virus with that name. pretty useful, you even have a file list of all the viruses here http://biohazard.xz.cz/download/seznam.txt
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by user2319 on 04-17-2005 at 11:43 AM
An e-mail I received today with an attachment. It's a .zip with a .exe inside. Probably a virus. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE ATTACHMENT INCLUDED WITH THIS POST, IT MIGHT DAMAGE YOUR COMPUTER
[edit]Do NOT, for whatever reason, upload any sort of virus to these forums.
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by John Anderton on 04-17-2005 at 02:20 PM
quote:I got such an email once .... it said that my mail to a yahoo contact was not delivered ..... but i hadnt sent a mail
Originally posted by PlusFan
And then an attachment. It's a .zip with a .exe inside. Probably a virus. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE ATTACHMENT INCLUDED WITH THIS POST, IT MIGHT DAMAGE YOUR COMPUTER
It had an attachment with a virus Why u posting it then
Plz remove it The guy doesnt need to test ne more right ??
RE: Odd Request: I want Some Viruses by zaidgs on 04-17-2005 at 03:41 PM
i wish i would encounter a fresh virus, so that i can test the heurutics effiency of mcafee's!! anyways, thanks Fredzz your link was exactly the thing i needed!