I am guessing that MyDoom.C was incorrectly named DoomJuice because some AV guy was drinking OJ when he was looking at this. AFAIK, there is no central naming authority yet.
Daniel Otis-Vigil MooSoft Development http://www.moosoft.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dgj > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 3:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] correct names [was: 3127/tcp > by Doomjuice (Kaspersky) - MyDoom takeover?] > > > On Feb 9, 2004, at 2:59 PM, Nick FitzGerald wrote: > > > > Yes -- Deadhat (more correctly known as Vesser) was found > late Friday > > or early Saturday (depending on your TZ) but this new one, > DoomJuice, > > (incorrectly originally classified as a Mydoom variant and > thus called > > Mydoom.C by some) has only been isolated and analysed in > the last few > > hours... > > > > > > -- > > Nick FitzGerald > > Computer Virus Consulting Ltd. > > Ph/FAX: +64 3 3529854 > > > > > > Greetings, > > Deadhat/Vesser, DoomJuice/Mydoom.c, "more correctly known as", > "incorrectly originally classified as", ... > > Is there, or will there ever be any kind of "naming authority" for > these things? I assume that most major av houses have telephones & > email access, so why isn't there any kind of agreement on names? The > lack of a single name for a threat is kind of bogus. > > Is this driven only by the marketing departments at the firms? > > And how does the poor, long-suffering sysadmin know what the correct > name is, google them all when the dust settles and see what gets the > most hits?? > > --dj > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
