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Subject: Who Comes up with Names for Malware?
From: Al Puzzuoli <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To:Al Puzzuoli <[log in to unmask]>
Date:Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:46:55 -0400
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So,
I just saw an alert that a message hitting our exchange server was
infected with "Packer.Malware.Lighty.I".  Um, yeah, of course.  Good ol
Packer.Malware.Lighty.I!  Who names these things anyway, and do the
names have any significance?

There ya go.  My burning question for a Friday morning.  


Al Puzzuoli
Information Technologist                                       
Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities  517-884-1915  120 Bessey
Hall East Lansing, MI  48824-1033 http://www.rcpd.msu.edu 

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