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DR. VESSELIN VLADIMIROV BONTCHEV

Dr. Vesselin Bontchev was born in Varna, Bulgaria. He graduated from the
Technical University of Sofia in 1985 with an M.Sc. in computer science (systems
programming). He worked for the university's Laboratory for Microprocessors and
Microcomputers and for the Institute of Industrial Cybernetics and Robotics at
the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, building expert systems. In 1988, he became
interested in computer viruses and began producing freeware anti-virus programs.
Two years later he became the Director of the Laboratory of Computer Virology at
the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. From 1991 to 1995 he worked as a research
associate at the Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg, Germany, where he
wrote his Ph.D. thesis on computer viruses.

Since 1990, Dr. Bontchev has been the Bulgarian representative in IFIP's TC-11
("Computers & Security"). He is also a founding member of CARO (the Computer
Anti-virus Researchers' Organization) and a founding member of VSI (the Virus
Security Institute).

Between 1995 and 2011 Dr. Bontchev worked for FRISK Software International in
Reykjavik, Iceland, where he was involved in the development of the anti-virus
package F-PROT and specialized in macro virus research.

Dr. Bontchev presently works at the National Laboratory of Computer Virology at
the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Outside the field of computer anti-virus research, his interests include
cryptography and number theory - he has been a member of the International PGP
development team and is participating in the Great Internet Prime Search
project.

Dr. Bontchev is a Technical Advisor for "Silent Runners.vbs" - use it to find
out what starts up with Windows!

He is also fascinated by the underwater life, as can be seen here.

Besides a Ph.D. thesis, Dr. Bontchev has written several scientific papers about
computer viruses. Some of them are:

[Bontchev91a] Bontchev, V., The Bulgarian and Soviet Virus Factories, Proc. 1st
Int. Virus Bull. Conf., 1991, pp. 11-25.

[Bontchev91b] Bontchev, V., Brunnstein, K., Swimmer, M., Computer Anti-Malware
Certification. A Proposal, Proc. 1st Int. NCSA Anti-Virus Product Developpers
Conf., 1991.

[Bontchev92a] Bontchev, V., Possible Virus Attacks Against Integrity Programs
and How to Prevent Them, Proc. 2nd Int. Virus Bull. Conf., 1992, pp.131-141.

[Bontchev92b] Bontchev, V., Brunnstein, K., Jahn, W-D., Methods and Requirements
for Quality Assessment of AntiVirus Products, Proc. 1st Annual EICAR Conf.,
1992.

[Bontchev92c] Bontchev, V., Made in Bulgaria, Virus News International, July,
1992, pp. 41-46.

[Bontchev93a] Bontchev, V., Analysis and Maintenance of a Clean Virus Library,
Proc. 3rd Int. Virus Bull. Conf., 1993, pp. 77-89.

[Bontchev93b] Bontchev, V., MtE Detection Test, Virus News International,
January, 1992, pp. 26-34.

[Bontchev94a] Bontchev, V., Future Trends in Virus Writing, 4th Int. Virus Bull.
Conf., 1994, pp. 65-82.

[Bontchev94b] Bontchev, V., Are ‘Good’ Computer Viruses Still a Bad Idea?, Proc.
EICAR’94 Conf., pp. 25-47.

[Bontchev95] Bontchev, V., ‘Vircing’ the InVircible

[Bontchev96] Bontchev, V., Possible Macro Virus Attacks and How to Prevent Them,
Proc. 6th Int. Virus Bull. Conf., 1996, pp. 97-127.

[Bontchev97a] Bontchev, V., Macro Virus Identification Problems, Proc. 7th Int.
Virus Bull. Conf., 1997, pp. 175-196.

[Bontchev97b] Bontchev, V., Veni, Vidi, Vicis?, Virus Bull., October, 1997, pp.
10-11.

[Bontchev98a] Bontchev, V., The Pros and Cons of WordBasic Virus Upconversion,
Proc. 8th Int. Virus Bull. Conf., 1998, pp. 153-172.

[Bontchev98b] Bontchev, V., No Peace on the Excel Front, Virus Bull., April,
1998, pp. 16-17.

[Bontchev99] Bontchev, V., The WildList - Still Useful?, Proc. 9th Int. Virus
Bull. Conf., 1999, pp. 281-287.

[Bontchev2000a] Bontchev, V., Solving the VBA Upconversion Problem, Proc. 10th
Int. Virus Bull. Conf., 2000, pp. 273-299.

[Bontchev2000b] Bontchev, V., Latest Macro Virus Developments and Future Trends,
Proc. 1st AVAR Conf., 2000, Tokyo, Japan, in print.



Dr. Vesselin Bontchev can be reached at the following coordinates:

vbontchev@yahoo.com +359-2-858-6261 kv. Gotze Delchev, bl. 26, vh. W, ap. 51,
1404 Sofia, BULGARIA