Virus naming rules (translated) There is no unified rule for naming viruses. The naming rules of each anti-virus company are different, but they basically use the prefix and suffix method for naming. It can be a combination of multiple prefixes and suffixes, separated by decimal points. The general format is: [prefix].virus name].suffix] .. 1. Virus prefix The virus prefix refers to the type of virus, the prefix of our common Trojan viruses It is "Trojan", the prefix of worm is "Worm", and other prefixes include "Macro", "Backdoor", "Script", etc. 2. Virus name A virus name refers to a virus name, such as the previously famous CIH virus, which and some of its variants are all unified "CIH", and the oscillating wave worm virus, whose virus name is "Sasser" . 3. Virus suffix Virus suffix refers to the variant characteristics of a virus, which is generally represented by 26 letters in English. For example, "Worm.Sasser.c" refers to the variant c of the oscillating wave worm virus. If there are too many variants of the virus, you can also use a mixture of numbers and letters to represent the virus variants. Explanation of virus naming Explanation of virus naming 1. Trojan virus The prefix of Trojan virus is: Trojan. The characteristic of Trojan virus is that it enters the user's system through network or system vulnerabilities and hides it, and then leaks the user's information to the outside world. Common Trojans include QQ message tail Trojan.QQPSW.r, online game Trojan virus Trojan.StartPage.FH, etc. If there is PSW or PWD in the virus name, it means that the virus has the function of stealing passwords. All such viruses require special attention. 2. Script virus The prefix of script virus is: Script. Script viruses are viruses written in script languages ??and spread through web pages, such as Red Code Script.Redlof, etc. Some script viruses also have prefixes such as VBS and HTML, which indicate what kind of script they are written in, such as VBS.Happytime, HTML.Reality.D, etc. 3. System viruses The prefixes of system viruses are: Win32, PE, Win95, W32, W95, etc. The characteristic of these viruses is that they can infect *.exe and *.dll files of the Windows operating system and spread through these files. For example, the previously famous CIH virus is a system virus. 4. Macro virus Macro virus can also be regarded as a type of script virus. Due to its particularity, it is classified into a separate category. The prefix of macro virus is: Macro, and the second prefix is ??Word, Word97, Excel, Excel97, etc. The corresponding second prefix is ??selected according to the type of infected document. The characteristic of this type of virus is that it can infect documents of the OFFICE series and then spread through the OFFICE general template, such as the previously famous Melissa virus Macro.Melissa. 5. Worm virus The prefix of worm virus is: Worm. The characteristic of this virus is that it can spread through network or system vulnerabilities. Most worms have the characteristic of sending out poisonous emails and blocking the network. The more familiar viruses of this type include shock waves, shock waves, etc. 6. Binder virus The prefix of bundler virus is: Binder. Virus authors will use specific bundling programs to bundle viruses with some applications (such as QQ and other commonly used software). On the surface, they appear to be normal files, but when users run these applications, the bundled files are also run. virus files together, thereby causing harm to users. Such as system killer Binder.killsys. 7. Backdoor virus The prefix of backdoor virus is: Backdoor. The characteristic of this type of virus is that it spreads through the Internet to open a backdoor for the poisoned system and brings security risks to the user's computer. Such as the love backdoor virus Worm.Lovgate.a/b/c