Nick
In Remembrance
Some interesting reading about virus names.
Antivirus vendors generally assign virus names consisting of a prefix, the name, and a suffix. Not all vendors follow this convention, however, and even those who do may sometimes use different designators. When attempting to find information about a particular virus, it can be helpful to understand how the names are formed.
http://antivirus.about.com/od/whatisavirus/a/virusnames.htm
Antivirus vendors generally assign virus names consisting of a prefix, the name, and a suffix. Not all vendors follow this convention, however, and even those who do may sometimes use different designators. When attempting to find information about a particular virus, it can be helpful to understand how the names are formed.
http://antivirus.about.com/od/whatisavirus/a/virusnames.htm