I think you should start at the roots of this whole mess. Why not do a time line on viruses? Start from the beginning, and work your way to present.

There have been lots of tools kits. One of my fav's was the nowhereman's VCL. If you PM me I've proably got a copy. Might even google for it perhaps. It was quickly noted by McAfee, and anything produced by it was picked up by McAfee's Anti-Virus. Skamworks put out one that did Macro Viruses. These are just some that I have used, evaluated, tested, ect. Infected myself many times. No not accidentaly either. Wanted to learn how to clean up after an infection. Worst virus I ever ran into was NYB...New York Beauty, or as I liked to call it the New York Bitch. Pc booted to a black screen, font=red, "NYB back for good". Pc didn't post, do not pass go do not collect two hundred dollars. Was a SOB to clean up.


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Helpful or not, there is my two cents.

Good luck with your paper