There are the always-in-fashion temptresses — DeepThroat, Hooker, FunLove, Love Letter, NakedWife, Paradise — and the ones that seem to refer to the person who created the worm: Annoying, Brat, Coma, Faker, Glitch, SadHound, Slacker, Small, TheThing and Yo Momma.
And there are also names that seem to make no sense at all: Gokar, Klez, Nimda, Welyah, Yaha.
A name is expected to have some relation to the capabilities or concept behind the virus, but antivirus researchers admit that more than a few viruses have been named in a rather whimsical fashion. — Michelle Delio —Viruses, Worms: What’s in a Name? (Wired)
Via blacklily8 on KairosNews.
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