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March 5th, 2004, 04:41 PM
#1
Junior Member
Determining virus name
Hi everyone,
Could someone explain to me how the AV companies determine the name of a new virus they find?
Thanks,
Roach4
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March 5th, 2004, 04:44 PM
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Mad Beaver
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March 5th, 2004, 04:47 PM
#3
Junior Member
Well.. that was fast but I'm not talking about Suffixes and Prefixes .. I meant the NAME of the virus. Like Mydoom, Beagle or Netsky... what determines the choice of those names?
Thanks,
Roach4
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March 5th, 2004, 05:02 PM
#4
How about this
The first virus with a given set of characteristics that mark it as a distinctly new entity receives a "family" name. Virus researchers draw the family name from some identifying quirk in the virus--a text string, perhaps, or a payload effect.
From http://www.infotech.siu.edu/csc/howt...virusnames.htm
Mad Beaver
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March 5th, 2004, 05:06 PM
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