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From: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: Virus naming
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Date: 29 Mar 91 14:40:18 GMT
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CHESS@YKTVMV.BITNET (David.M.Chess) writes:

>Our current rather tentative approach is to use a
>generally-non-numeric stem for each virus family, and then tack on a
>number or similar object to pin down exactly which object we're
>discussing.  So we talk about the "Flip-2343" and the "Flip-2153"

This is same as I do, but possibly with a letter added at the end, if
two variants have the same length, like

	Plastique/AntiCAD-4096A
	Plastigue/AntiCAD-4096B alias "Invader"
	Plastique/AntiCAD-4096C alias "Invader B"

With 4-5 new viruses every week, the naming problem is getting pretty
bad...

- -frisk