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Someone recently asked about a listing of known viruses that are
prevelant in the world. To this direct them to the Wild List, however
since they did not have internet access, I said I would post it here for
them. This post and the following ones are the current July 1997 Wild
List of prevelant viruses.
RS
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                  PC Viruses in the Wild - July, 1997
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    This is a cooperative listing of viruses reported as being in the wild
    by 45 virus information professionals. The basis for these reports are
    virus incidents where a sample was received, and positively identified
    by the participant.  Rumors and unverified reports have been excluded.
    This report is cumulative. That is, this is not just a report of which
    were seen last month. Monthly data is received from most participants,
    but the new data is added to the old. Participants are expected to let
    me know when I should remove their name from a virus that they haven't
    seen in a year and a half or so.
    The list should not be considered a list of "the most common viruses",
    however, since no specific provision is made for a commonness factor.
    This data indicates only "which" viruses are in the wild, but viruses
    reported by many (or most) participants are obviously widespread.
    The WildList is currently being used as the basis for in-the-wild
    virus testing of antivirus products by Virus Bulletin and the NCSA
    (National Computer Security Association.) Additionally, a virus
    collection based upon the WildList is being used in an effort to
    standardize the naming of common viruses.
        The WildList - (c)1993-1997 by Joe Wells - wildlist@vcnet.com
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    The section below gives the names of participants, along with their
    geographic region, organization, and antivirus product (if any.) The
    locations with an asterisk (*) note that the reports are regional, all
    others being multinational or global.
    Key Participant         *Region         Organization      Product
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    Aa  Asaf Achitoov        Israel         Iris Software     AntiVirus Plus
    Ac  Alan Candy           New Zealand    Applied Insight   F-Prot Pro
    Ad  Allan Dyer           Hong Kong      Yui Kee Co. Ltd.  F-Prot
    Ae  Amir Elbaz           Israel         EliaShim          ViruSafe
    Bn  Barnabas Nagy        Slovokia       NaBaware          Dr. Solomon's
    Bq  Blend Qapiti         Albania        Poly U Tirana     None
    Cb  Carl Bretteville     Norway         Norman Data       NVC
    Cj  Craig Jackson        USA            Datawatch         VirexPC
    Cs  Christian Schmid     Austria        DataPROT Linz     F-Prot
    Dc  Dave Chess           USA            IBM               IBM AntiVirus
    Dg  Dmitry Gryaznov      UK             S&S Int'l         Dr. Solomon's
    Ek  Eugene Kaspersky     Russia         KAMI              AVP
    Ev  Eduardo Velasquez    Colombia/Vene. SOFTEAM Ltda      VirusCOP
    Ew  Eddy Willems         Belgium/Lux.   Data Alert Int'l  Dr. Solomon's
    Fl  Ferenc Leitold       Hungary        Hunix Ltd.        Virus Buster
    Fs  Fridrik Skulason     Iceland        Frisk Int'l       F-Prot
    Gm  Gerard Mannig        France         RECIF             None
    Gp  Gabriel Pislaru      Romania        SoftWin           AVX
    Iw  Ian Whalley          UK             Virus Bulletin    None
    Jd  Joost de Raeymaeker  Portugal       RSVP              Dr. Solomon's
    Jk  Jimmy Kuo            USA            McAfee            ViruScan
    Jm  Jose Martinez        Peru           HackSoft S.R.Ltda TH AV
    Kd  K. T. Davies         India          Pioneer Micro     Vaxine
    Ks  Klas Scholdstrom     Sweden         QA                Dr. Solomon's
    Ls  Luca Sambucci        Italy          I.C.A.R.O.        None
    Mh  Mikko Hypponen       Finland        Data Fellows      F-Prot Pro
    Ms  Marek Sell           Poland         Marek Sell, Ltd.  MkS_vir
    Nb  Neville Bulsara      India          N&N Systems       Dr. Solomon's
    Pb  Pavel Baudis         Czech Republic Alwil Software    Avast!
    Pd  Paul Ducklin         UK             Sophos Plc.       Sweep
    Pn  Patrick Nolan        USA            Command Software  F-Prot Pro Net
    Ra  Ruben Arias          Argentina      RALP              Integ Master
    Re  Ralph Tee            Malaysia       R.E.Solutions     Armour AV
    Rf  Richard Foley        Ireland        Reflex Magnetics  TBAV
    Rk  Richard Ku           Taiwan         Trend Micro       PC-cillin
    Rr  Roger Riordan        Australia      CYBEC             VET
    Rt  Roger Thompson       USA            Thompson Network  Doctor
    Rv  Robert Vibert        Canada         Sensible Security Dr. Solomon's
    Rz  Righard Zwienenberg  Netherlands    ESaSS BV          ThunderBYTE
    Sb  Sherra Buzzell       USA            Symantec          NAV
    Sm  Seiji Murakami       Japan          Jade Corp         Scan Vakzin
    Td  Toralv Dirro         Germany        U of Hamburg      Dr. Solomon's
    Ti  Torben Immisch       Denmark        Swanholm Distrib. Dr. Solomon's
    Ws  Wolfgang Stiller     USA            Stiller Research  Integ Master
    Yp  Ywain Penberthy      So Africa      CSIR Virus Lab    VPS
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                              The WildList
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