You've heard at least some of these names, especially recently. These are the names of some of the most vicious computer viruses released to date. The first two in the list circulated within two weeks of each other, spamming themselves across the globe and disabling millions of systems.

Here you can find tricks to help protect yourself, spanning from common-sense techniques to more in-depth system profile adjustments. You can also find information on the most recent viruses. And we're updating this page with new techniques and information as new viruses are released.

• Anti-Virus Resources - Links to Anti-Virus software vendors, online resources, and other places to find important information to help protect your PC.

• 9-25-01 Vote This virus poses as information about the World Trade Center attack and War on Terrorism. It will actually wipe out your computer.
  
  
• 9-21-01 Nimda This worm spreads to Windows end-user systems and to IIS servers. Hard to eradicate.
  
  
• 8-9-01 Peachy - A virus that infects pdf files (Adobe Acrobat)
  
  
• 8-4-01 SirCam - A destructive virus that's difficult to recognize.
  
  
• 7-31-01 Code Red - Threat to the entire Internet using community.
  
  
• 5-30-01 Sulfnbk.exe Hoax - A virus hoax warning of danger from a useful Windows utility.
  
  
• 5-14-01 Hard (VBS Hard.a) - A virus posing as an alert from Symantec.
  
  
• 3-20-01 Injustice (VBS Staple.a) - A virus with a political twist.
  
  
• 3-6-01 The Naked Wife Virus - Another dangerous experiment in social engineering.
  
  
• 2-26-01 Filter Your Email For Viruses - Let your email program do the dirty work.
  
  
• 2-26-01 Email Security and Software - Outlook has security patches available - and isn't the only email program available.
  
  
• 2-14-01 Identifying File Types - Make sure you can see what you're getting.
  
  
• 2-12-01 The Anna Virus - A new low-danger, high-infection worm.
  
  
• 2-2-01 APS Trojan.qa - A password stealer that targets AOL users!
  
  
• 8-25-00 The Pokey Virus - Children and Pokemon lovers beware!
  
  
• 7-20-00 The Wobbler Virus Hoax - Have you gotten a warning about the nonexistent Wobbler Virus? We have.
  
  
• 6-19-00 A Not-So-Funny Virus - A tricky virus masquerading as a text file was identified over the weekend.
  
  
• 6-10-00 Don't Believe the Hype? - Media interest has caused concern over the Serbian Trojan, but we talked to an anti-virus expert.
  
  
• 5-29-00 Beware of Job Hunters - Get the details on Killer Resume, a dangerous macro virus disguised as a job-seeker's resume.
  
  
• 5-27-00 An Unattached Virus - Avoid the Kakworm, an email virus that isn't an attachment.
  
  
• 5-20-00 Immunization From VBS-based Viruses - Find out how to prevent system infections from VBS-based viruses.
  
  
• 5-18-00 Are You Safe Now? - Here's how you can search your Inbox for remnants of the latest viruses.
  
  
• 5-11-00 Preventative Maintenance to Control Viruses - By following a couple of common sense practices, you can make your computer far safer from virus attacks.