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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. The first virus I encountered... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... was called "Doodle 44".
    I was happy F-Prot could remove it :)

    1. Re:The first virus I encountered... by RAMMS+EIN · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      ``... was called "Doodle 44".
      I was happy F-Prot could remove it :)''

      No, man! Doodle was cute, it played this little melody. Those were the days that viruses were fun. These days, virus writing isn't an art anymore, and the viruses that get produced aren't funny anymore.On I go looking for that floppy that has my virus collection...

      --
      Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.