Viruses In The Wild; How To Send A Virus Sample To F-Secure; How To Package A Virus Sample - F-SECURE CLIENT SECURITY 7.00 Administrator's Manual

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10.3

Viruses in the Wild

10.4

How to Send a Virus Sample to F-Secure

10.4.1 How to Package a Virus Sample

The Wildlist is a cooperative listing of viruses reported as being in the wild
by 73 virus information professionals. The basis for these reports are
virus incidents where a sample was received, and positively identified by
the participant. Rumors and unverified reports have been excluded.
F-Secure Corporation is an active member of the Wildlist Organization.
The Wildlist is available on the Internet at:
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/virus-info/wild.shtml.
This section is for advanced users.
This section covers the following topics for sending a virus sample to
F-Secure VirusLab:
How to package a virus sample
What files to send
Where to send a virus sample
In what language should questions and virus descriptions be sent
What are the response times
This is a very general guideline for sending a virus sample to
samples@f-secure.com. For more detailed instructions, go to:
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/support/technical/general/samples.shtml
All files should be sent in ZIP archive only. To package the virus samples
you can download a trial version of WinZip software at
http://www.winzip.com/ . Also a free InfoZIP utility is available at
http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ .