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PC Viruses in the Wild
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This is a cooperative listing of viruses reported as being in the wild
by 62 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.
Some programs included in this list may fall outside the traditional
definition of a computer virus. However, such programs are spreading
throughout diverse user populations, are a threat to users and are
therefore included in this list.
This report is cumulative. That is, this is not just a report of
which viruses 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 us know when to remove their name from a virus.
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 and certification of anti-virus products by the ICSA,
Virus Bulletin and Secure Computing. Additionally, a virus collection
based upon the WildList is being used in an effort to standardize the
naming of common viruses.
The WildList - (c)1993-2000 by Joe Wells - info@wildlist.org
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Key Participant Region Organization Product
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Aa Asaf Achitoov Israel iRiS Software AntiVirus Plus
Ac Alan Candy New Zealand Applied Insight -
Ad Allan Dyer Hong Kong Yui Kee Co. Ltd. F-Prot
Ae Amir Elbaz Israel Aladdin eSafe Protect
Ak Ahmad Y. Kashoor Syria CompuKashoor Dr Solomon's
Am Andreas Marx Germany Univ. of Magdeburg -
As Alex Shipp UK MessageLabs StarScan
Bd Bogdan Dumitru Romania Softwin SRL -
Bh Bruce Hughes USA ICSA -
Cb Carl Bretteville Norway Norman ASA NVC
Cr Costin RAIU Romania GeCAD RAV
Cs Christian Schmid Austria DataPROT Linz F-Prot
Dc Dave Chess USA IBM NAV
Dg Dmitry Gryaznov UK McAfee (UK) VirusScan
Dp David Phillips UK Open University -
Ei Eddy Willems EU EICAR -
Ek Eugene Kaspersky Russia KAMI AVP
Ew Eddy Willems Belgium/Lux. Data Alert Int'l VirusScan
Fh Fraser Howard UK Virus Bulletin -
Fl Ferenc Leitold Hungary Hunix Ltd. Virus Buster
Fp Francois Paget France McAfee (France) VirusScan
Gb Gerald Batten Canada Independent -
Gm Gerard Mannig France Independent -
Ic Ieta Chi Taiwan Trend Micro PC-cillin
Jd Joost de Raeymaeker Portugal RSVP -
Jh Joe Hartmann USA Trend Micro PC-cillin
Jk Jimmy Kuo USA McAfee (Independent) -
Jm Jose Martinez Peru HackSoft S.R.Ltda TH AV
Kb Kenneth Bechtel USA Team Anti-Virus -
Kd K. T. Davies India Pioneer Micro Vaxine
Ls Luca Sambucci Italy Itaweb -
Mh Mikko Hypponen Finland Data Fellows F-Prot Pro
Ml Mickey Loh Malaysia R.E.Solutions Armour AV
Ms Marek Sell Poland Marek Sell, Ltd. MkS_vir
Mt Miroslav Trnka Slovakia ESET Ltd NOD-ICE
Oz Jakub Kaminski Australia Computer Associates VET
Pb Pavel Baudis Czech Republic ALWIL Software Avast!
Pn Patrick Nolan USA McAfee (US) VirusScan
Pr Peter Radatti USA CyberSoft, Inc. Vfind
Pt Peter Theobald India IT Secure Software VirusScan
Ra Ruben Arias Argentina RALP Integ Master
Rf Richard Foley Ireland Reflex Magnetics TBAV
Rg Ray Glath, Sr. USA Tavisco Ltd. Vi-Spy
Rp Ronnie Pineda Philippines Mannasoft Corp. VirusScan
Rs Robert Sandilands South Africa VPS VPS
Rv Robert Vibert Canada Independent -
Rz Righard Zwienenberg Netherlands Norman Data Defense NVC
Sb Sherra Buzzell USA Symantec NAV
Sh Sha-Li Hsieh USA Computer Associates Inoculate IT
Sk Seok-Chul Kwon Korea HAURI ViRobot
Sm Seiji Murakami Japan JCSR -
So Simon Borduas Canada HYPERTEC Security F-Prot Pro
Sr Subramanya Rao India Proland Software Protector Plus
St Stuart Taylor UK Sophos Plc. Sweep
Ta Tjark Auerbach Germany H+BEDV GmbH AntiVir
Tc Tzvetan Chaliavski USA Command Software F-Prot Pro
Td Toralv Dirro Germany U of Hamburg VirusScan
Ti Torben Immisch Denmark Swanholm Distrib. NAV
Wl WLO - WLO -
Ws Wolfgang Stiller USA Stiller Research Integ Master
Xc Xabier Cazalis Spain Panda Software Panda
Za Corporate #1 Western USA - -
Zb Corporate #2 Eastern USA - -
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The WildList
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This main list includes viruses reported by multiple participants, which
appear to be non-regional in nature. Technically, this first list is "the"
WildList according to original specification, which required viruses to
be verified in the wild by a minimum of two participants. A supplemental
list follows that contains viruses reported by single participants.
