Hello all, I'm currently in the process of completing my dissertation, which is a guide on internet security. It isdesigned for people who have little technical or computer knowledge however it should also have enough 'meat' for the more internet savvy.
Right now its background infomation discusses viruses in general, however I have proposed that I experiment with a few viruses to understand better what they do and how. What I need however are the viruses to use.
I have rigged up an isolated laptop which will be the target, I'm after any virus that isnt destructive to the hardware. I have noticed some threads about msn spread viruses which would be ideal.
The plan for this type would be to setup 2 test msn accounts and watch as the pif file is sent from one account to another, try out arious ways of removal etc.
If anyone could send me these pif files I would be very grateful, if you can please zip them up first and send them to
jonnyford@ntlworld.com which will be serving as the test account (no virus checkers will be in place on the laptop receiving these, the same applies for any virus that need activating through opening the file with its name and what it does.
Any thoughts on this idea would be appricated too, or potential sources where I can seek these out.
Thanks