Virus names likely a lost cause

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.

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What Mac viruses? 2006-03-10
MAc IT

Virus names likely a lost cause 2006-03-10
Juha-Matti Laurio

Virus names likely a lost cause 2006-03-11
Anonymous

Even IT professionals don't know term CME or CME-24 2006-03-13
Juha-Matti Laurio

One real-life example from Finland: When I visited at the large IT security conference and the speaker asked how many of hundreds of visitors know the term 'CME', only one visitor ;-) knew the answer. When mentioning the name KamaSutra most of visitors raised their hands up. This was exactly one month ago.

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Linnaeus 2006-03-14
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Virus names likely a lost cause 2006-03-15
Rob Carlson (2 replies)

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