Ahhh - Anyone have any idea who someone is? Practically speaking, I'm a very happy camper with Clam AC - one could say I'm happy AS a Clam ;-) But I'd rather contact his individual and ask him what his status is / subscribe with him for an update than try to filter it from this list (I know I'll miss it)
I wonder if eventually someone windowsish will work on a scanner to offer an alternative on the desktop to the various forms of existing extorsion ;-) Thanks again guys... m/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter > Bonivart > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 2:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] 2 questions - virus naming convention & > virus information > > > Mitch (WebCob) wrote: > > 1) Does the ClamAV system use a common naming convention? Where > does it come > > from? By this I mean I think I see other virus detection > software using the > > same names for things - how is this agreed upon? > > Usually the team uses the same, or similar, name as the commercial > scanner that caught it first but lately Clam has been first to detect > new viruses (great!) so they had no names for them and had to make them > up. This has happened to SCO.A (MyDoom.A), YoursID (Bagle.B) and > SomeFool (Netsky.B). Any confusion is cleared up on this list quickly. > > The commercials also uses this way of naming, it's just that they don't > bother (know?) about not commercial alternatives so if Clam is first > they name it after the first commercial anyway. > > > 2) Is there a Clam source for virus information? I'd like to > tie my filter > > to a status page that would link users to information on what > is currently > > hitting us and what it was capable of... When I search > individual names on > > google I see different databases online listing and describing > the virii, > > but I don't know which are to be considered authoritative... > > Someone is working on a web site with cross references between Clams > naming and the commercials. That's all that is needed really, since > several of them have nice info regarding every virus. I guess they will > post here when they have something to share about the web site. > > -- > /Peter Bonivart > > --Unix lovers do it in the Sun > > Sun Fire V210, Solaris 9, Sendmail 8.12.10, MailScanner 4.25-14, > SpamAssassin 2.63 + DCC 1.2.30, ClamAV 0.67 + GMP 4.1.2 > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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
