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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
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Virus names likely a lost cause 2006-03-10
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Virus names likely a lost cause 2006-03-11
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Even IT professionals don't know term CME or CME-24 2006-03-13
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Virus names likely a lost cause 2006-03-15
Rob Carlson (2 replies)
"Making the situation worse, attackers' attempts to generate programs that can avoid being recognized by security software means that the number of seemingly discreet attacks is skyrocketing."

Did you mean discrete attacks?

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