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I believe they are often named by the company who discovers/handles them. Which is why you sometimes see different names for the same virus as the different companies add them to their virus definition. Allegedly, the Code Red worm was named after the Mt. Dew product. -P On 10/17/08 9:46 AM, "Al Puzzuoli" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 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