full-disclosure - Automat? Was (Re: new virus: )

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From: bkdelong at pobox.com (B.K. DeLong)
Subject: Automat?  Was (Re: new virus: )

At 12:43 PM 9/19/2003 -0400, disclosure@...tope.com wrote:
>Following up my own post:
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>There is no virus known to us by this name. However, Norton Anti-Virus
>uses names like W97M.Automat.  to name viruses which have been detected
>automatically.
>
>VARIANT: Automat.K
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>
>So it looks new.

This is absolutely INSANE. I've got AVs picking up Automat.AHB, Gibe.F and 
Swen.A - all for the same virus. Why can't we get some standardization 
here? This is getting ridiculous.

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