Re: Automat? Was (Re: new virus: )

["B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong () pobox com>]

At 12:43 PM 9/19/2003 -0400, disclosure () exotope com wrote:
> Following up my own post:
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> There is no virus known to us by this name. However, Norton Anti-Virus
> uses names like W97M.Automat.  to name viruses which have been detected
> automatically.
>
> VARIANT: Automat.K
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> So it looks new.

This is absolutely INSANE. I've got AVs picking up Automat.AHB, Gibe.F and 
Swen.A - all for the same virus. Why can't we get some standardization 
here? This is getting ridiculous.




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