Virus Protection Strategies

Get best practices, resources, tools, and technical information for installing, configuring, and maintaining antivirus protection.

Critical Update You Can Apply to Protect Against Download.Ject

Download the configuration change that protects against a recently reported vulnerability that can allow an Internet Web site to execute script from the Local Machine Zone (LMZ).

In-depth Guidance for Securing Computer Systems

The new Microsoft Security Guidance Center provides quick access to prescriptive guidance, tools, training, and updates for IT professionals and developers.

Best Practices

•	Protect Your Network: Keep Unmanaged Systems, including Virtual PCs, Up to Date

•	Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide

•	Best Practices for Mitigating RPC and DCOM Vulnerabilities

•	Best Practices for Preventing DoS/Denial of Service Attacks

•	Defining Malware: FAQ

•	Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks and You

•	How ISA Server Can Be Configured to Stop the Code Red Worm

•	Managing Mobile Code with Microsoft Technologies

•	Noticing and Responding to Network-Borne Attacks

•	Danger: Remote Access Trojans

Virus Information

•	Information Regarding Recently Announced RPC/DCOM Security Update: MS03-039/KB 824146 (On-Demand Webcast)

•	What Network Administrators Should Know About The Blaster Worm (On-Demand Webcast)

•	Information About "E-mail Wiretapping" Privacy Issue

•	Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Blaster

•	Technical Information About SoBig Worm

•	Technical Information About Nachi, Welchia, and BlasterD Worm

•	Technical Information About "Blaster" Worm

•	Microsoft Response to Publication of Slammer Code

•	Technical Detail About "Slammer" Virus

•	Information on "Nimda" Worm

•	Information About the "Code Blue" worm

•	Information About the "Code Red" worm

•	Information About the "Code Red" IIS worm

•	Information About the new "Code Red II" worm

•	Important Information for IIS 4.0 Server Administrators Regarding the "Code Red" Worm

•	"VBS/Loveletter" Virus

•	Information about Virus-Infected Hotfixes

•	Information on the “WScript/Kak.worm” Virus

Tools

•	Outlook E-Mail Security Update

•	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

•	Windows Software Update Services (SUS)

•	IIS Lockdown Tool

•	URLScan Security Tool Version 2.5

•	More Tools

Antivirus Resources

•	Security Newsgroups

•	Self-Service Support Options: Overview

How-to Resources

•	Use IPSec Monitor

•	Provide Internet Access Through a Firewall by Using ISA

•	Safely Connect Your Company to the Internet

•	Perform Security Planning for Internet Information Services

•	More Security How-to Topics

Additional Security Resources

•	Security Guidance Center

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Books

•	Checklists

•	How-to Resources

•	IT Pro Security Zone Community

•	Newsgroups

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Partners

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Tips

•	Register for the Microsoft Security Newsletter

•	Register for Security Notification Service

Related Sites

•	Developer Security

•	Microsoft Press Books

•	Search the Knowledge Base

•	Security Training

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