[clamav-users] Virus names - a rose by any name?

2013-01-12 Thread Pancho
Hi, At http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/faq/faq-misc/ I found this: Why is ClamAV calling the XXX virus with another name? This usually happens when we add a signature before other AV vendors. No well-known name is available at that moment so we

Re: [clamav-users] Virus names - a rose by any name?

2013-01-12 Thread Pancho
. If not, well such is life. -Original Message- From: clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net [mailto:clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net] On Behalf Of Simon Hobson Sent: 12 January 2013 06:32 PM To: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net Subject: Re: [clamav-users] Virus names - a rose by any name? Pancho

Re: [clamav-users] Virus names - a rose by any name?

2013-01-12 Thread Pancho
for no functionally viable reason? -- Joel Esler Sent from my iPhone  On Jan 12, 2013, at 3:42 PM, Pancho p...@originsystems.co.za wrote: Hi - thanks to everyone for the replies. I have seen 2 replies now and it may well be that I have not been clear enough because both are at cross purposes

Re: [clamav-users] Virus names - a rose by any name?

2013-01-12 Thread Pancho
proprietary detection? Even leaving our competitors out of this, how does this make sense to go and change millions of signatures for no functionally viable reason? -- Joel Esler Sent from my iPhone  On Jan 12, 2013, at 3:42 PM, Pancho p...@originsystems.co.za wrote: Hi - thanks to everyone