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Common Malware Enumeration Initiative

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the needs-a-better-acronym dept.

LogError writes "The Common Malware Enumeration Initiative was just announced. Headed by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and supported by an editorial board of anti-virus vendors and related organizations it should provide a neutral, shared identification method for malware outbreaks."

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  1. Which Platforms? by Brent+Spiner · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't see any specifics. Is this going to be Windows-centric, or are they reporting on ALL malware, regardless of platform?

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  2. Wrong approach to the problem by BierGuzzl · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It would be WAY easier to keep a list of names and heuristics for all of the legitimate code out there and have a default deny policy with a whitelist. The only condition that would need to be met is that no legitimate application is denied entry or the concept could become worse than DRM.

  3. Poor naming... by Senzei · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Like the half dozen or so other responses I have seen I think the naming system is a good idea, but the names generated for it would lead to confusion, especially amongst the less computer savvy.


    I think the solution is to handle things the same way that we handle hurricanes. Keep a big list of names and iterate through that for each new virus.


    In that vein I would like to now suggest that viruses be given the dumbest names possible as a means of discouraging stupid kids from writing them to seek publicity. After all who would want to see themselves listed as the author of ChickenChaser .5 or TinyPocketRocket 1.3"

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  4. Bad Thing? by Phreakiture · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Didn't we already decide, that enumaration, amongst other things was a Dumb Idea?

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