How Do Viruses Get There Name?


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How does a Virus get a name like Sasser or Netsky etc.... Is it the author of the Virus or the AntiVirus companies who name them and if so how do you find out the name of a new virus to start with??

Just something thats been bugging me :huh:

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the AV companies like McAfee or Symantec tend to look through the code to find any clues as to what they should call it... I don't know any such examples off by hand but check out google that should be able to help....

Lately, AV companies have come under attack from people, though, about their so-called "romantic" names they give to viruses like Blaster, etc....

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,Jun 16 2004, 11:08] the AV companies like McAfee or Symantec tend to look through the code to find any clues as to what they should call it... I don't know any such examples off by hand but check out google that should be able to help....

Lately, AV companies have come under attack from people, though, about their so-called "romantic" names they give to viruses like Blaster, etc....

since when did blaster equate to romantic?

http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/15662.html

Googled.

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There is some kind of authoritie that deals with viruses, they name them I think.

Yes there is an authority that actualy makes viruses and their definitions and names them but obviously they don't actually release them. Then if a new virus comes out they name it and make the definition.

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