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Ant wrote to mention a C|NET article reporting on the Common Malware Enumeration (CME) initiative, now emerging from its test phase. From the article: "Next month, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) plans to officially take the wraps off the effort, meant to reduce the confusion caused by the different names security companies give worms, viruses and other pests. The project assigns a unique identifier to a particular piece of malicious software. When included in security software, in alerts and in virus encyclopedia entries, this identifier should help people determine which pest is hitting their systems and whether they are protected ..."
If this step does anything to simplify the myriad of naming schemes provided by security & antivirus companies, then its more than welcome. Working out exactly what worms have which effects is hard enough without the confusion of complex names and differing schemes. However, the voluntary nature of this new naming scheme may mean it sits alongside the current identifiers and names, which would significantly lessen its effect. I guess only time will tell which way the companies decide to go..
Business Voyeur
Can people NOT moderate these as funny? Because really, they're not.
#include ".signature"
> The use of the name "FruitFucker 2000".
Sure thing, but we'll have to wait until my OS X box gets hit.
You mean, you're not likely to brag about being the creator of the "Sociopath trying to compensate for tiny penis" worm?
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.