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Thursday, November 25, 2004
Virus names could be standardized
US-CERT, the Computer Emergency Readiness Team within the US Department of Homeland Security, is coordinating a Common Malware Enumeration initiative among vendors, according to a letter sent to The SANS Institute.
The letter, signed by representatives of the DHS, Symantec, Microsoft, McAfee, and Trend Micro, said the industry hopes to address “the challenges surrounding the ‘Virus Name Game’,” with a pilot program coming as early as January.
At first, Common Malware Enumeration (CME) will be confined to “major” threats. Names are often derived from the filenames, the content of the email the worm attaches itself to, or plaintext found inside the code.
http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=11D11704-DE5B-45BD-AF4B-45D8F44E055C