Taking into consideration the increasing number of cybercrimes presenting a threat inter alia the security of networks and computer systems and the initiative of the Council of Europe to create an effective common criminal policy aimed at the protection of society against cybercrime a new Task Force was established by EICAR.

The new Task Force was set up to deal with the Convention on Cybercrime signed by 26 Member States of the Council of Europe and other four non-member countries (Canada, Japan, South Africa and the USA) on 23. November 2001 in Budapest.

The activity of the Task Force focuses in particular on the issue, whether Article 6 on "Misuse of devices" and other relevant provisions of the Convention, as measures to be taken at the national level, are adequate means to provide an appropriate protection against computer viruses and other malicious computer codes.

Within the framework of its activity the Task Force intends to draft three different versions ("light", "middleweight" and "heavyweight") of legal norms criminalising the commission of specific illegal acts in connection with computer viruses in accordance with the provisions of the Convention.

The Task Force will address all technical, security and legal experts whose are willing to take part in this project in order to make efforts to find an optimal solution to the challenges of the computer criminality.