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From: dgj+ at pitt.edu (dgj) Subject: correct names [was: 3127/tcp by Doomjuice (Kaspersky) - MyDoom takeover?] On Feb 9, 2004, at 2:59 PM, Nick FitzGerald wrote: > > Yes -- Deadhat (more correctly known as Vesser) was found late Friday > or early Saturday (depending on your TZ) but this new one, DoomJuice, > (incorrectly originally classified as a Mydoom variant and thus called > Mydoom.C by some) has only been isolated and analysed in the last few > hours... > > > -- > Nick FitzGerald > Computer Virus Consulting Ltd. > Ph/FAX: +64 3 3529854 > > Greetings, Deadhat/Vesser, DoomJuice/Mydoom.c, "more correctly known as", "incorrectly originally classified as", ... Is there, or will there ever be any kind of "naming authority" for these things? I assume that most major av houses have telephones & email access, so why isn't there any kind of agreement on names? The lack of a single name for a threat is kind of bogus. Is this driven only by the marketing departments at the firms? And how does the poor, long-suffering sysadmin know what the correct name is, google them all when the dust settles and see what gets the most hits?? --dj
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