Would you rather have a prompt and timely detection of new viruses or wait for a committee to decide a common name?
Your call. Cheers, Phil --------------------------------------------- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew > McCall > Sent: 26 February 2004 10:50 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Clamav-users] Why are the virus names different? > > > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me why the virus names within ClamAV are > different from ones > from other virus vendors? > > For example, W32.Netsky.B (as called by Sophos, McAfee etc.) > is detected and > named Worm.Somefool by ClamAV. > > Thanks, > > Andrew McCall > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. > Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with > a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Clamav-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
