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From: luken@ubu.cc.lehigh.edu (Kenneth R. van Wyk)
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Subject: naming confusion
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Date: 5 Jun 89 15:45:50 GMT
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David Ferbrache helped me out in my quest for information on the
Little Black Box virus (Thanks David!).  Apparently, this virus is a
strain of the Israeli virus.  ...which brings me to my point.

One of the most frustrating things that I've run into is that viruses
get called different things by different people.  Just look at a
couple of the more common ones - Israeli <=> PLO <=> Russian <=> Black
Hole <=> Little Black Box, Brain <=> Pakistani ... (the list goes on).

I'm not proposing any solutions here because, quite frankly, I'm not
aware of any real good solutions.  Anyone have any suggestions?  My
point is merely to point out the cause for confusion and hopefully
generate some discussion on it.

Ken