In recent posts I mentioned the Wild List several times, and have
received quite a bit of Netmail asking what the Wild List is. So since I
happen to have the current one available I E-mailed the author if I
could send it out. He said yes, so this and the following posts are part
of the Wild List for December 1996.
RS
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PC Viruses in the Wild - December 22, 1996
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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 current 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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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
Cr Charles Renert USA Symantec NAV
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
Do Donny Gilor *Israel Iris Software AntiVirus Plus
Ek Eugene Kaspersky *Russia KAMI AVP
Ev Eduardo Velasquez *Colombia/Vene. SOFTEAM Ltda VirusCOP
Ew Eddy Willems *Belgium/Lux. De Vaderlandsche None
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 Informatik 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 APEXIM MkS_vir
Nb Neville Bulsara *India N&N Systems Dr. Solomon's
Oh Omar Herrera *Mexico Escuadron AV Aguila AV
Pb Pavel Baudis *Czech Republic Alwil Software Avast!
Pd Paul Ducklin UK Sophos Plc. Sweep
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
Sg Sarah Gordon USA Command Software F-Prot Pro Net
Sm Seiji Murakami *Japan Jade Corp Scan Vakzin
Td Toralv Dirro *Germany U of Hamburg None
Ws Wolfgang Stiller USA Stiller Research Integ Master
Yp Ywain Penberthy *So Africa CSIR Virus Lab VPS
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Most Frequently Reported Viruses
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This section gives the names, types, and aliases of the most frequently
reported viruses. These viruses have been reported by at least one third
of the WildList participants. They are sorted with the most frequently
reported first. A more complete alias list is also provided.
Freq Caro Name Type Aliases
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36 |Form.A..................|Boot |Form 18
36 |WM.Concept.A............|Macro|Prank Macro
34 |One_Half.3544...........|Multi|Dis, Free Love
33 |AntiEXE.A...............|Boot |D3, Newbug, New Bug
32 |Empire.Monkey.B.........|Boot |Monkey 2
30 |Junkie.1027.............|Multi|
29 |Parity_Boot.B...........|Boot |Generic 1
29 |Ripper..................|Boot |Jack Ripper
28 |AntiCMOS.A..............|Boot |Lenart
28 |Natas.4744..............|Multi|Satan, Sat_Bug.Natas
26 |NYB.....................|Boot |B1
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