Search: Home Bugtraq Vulnerabilities Mailing Lists Jobs Tools Vista
Virus names likely a lost cause
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-03-09

In early February, antivirus firms warned customers about a computer virus programmed to delete files on the third of each month, but almost every company called the program by a different name.

Comments Mode:
What Mac viruses? 2006-03-10
MAc IT
A proof-of-concept Trojan is a virus? Get real!

The only reason they had a common name was one hack journalist named it andy every other journalist wannabe plagarized the first report.

[ reply ]

Link to this comment: http://www.securityfocus.com/comments/articles/11380/33318#33318
Virus names likely a lost cause 2006-03-10
Juha-Matti Laurio
Virus names likely a lost cause 2006-03-11
Anonymous
Linnaeus 2006-03-14
Roger
Virus names likely a lost cause 2006-03-15
Rob Carlson (2 replies)







 

Privacy Statement
Copyright 2008, SecurityFocus