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   Oliver Wendell Jones, 4 Sep 2003 @ 2:30pm

   
   

   My suggestion is...

   Come up with a list of seriously, embarassingly names to use for new viruses.
   
   For example, when I worked as an in-game support person for the MMORPG Anarchy Online we had a character naming policy that stated you couldn't use names that were offensive, racist, sexist, etc. If people found chararcters with offensive names they would report them to us and we would go to that character and ask them to come up with a new, non-offensive name because we're going to change your name - now.
   
   If the person took too long or couldn't think up a name that was non-offensive we would change their name to something from our list of seriously, embarassingly names. The most popular of which was PinkBunnySlippers. Usually within 2 minutes of changing an offensive name to PinkBunnySlippers, the person would message back that they had come up with a name they would much rather have.
   
   If instead of giving viruses strong and powerful names like "Master Blaster", we gave them names "Small Penis Protaganist", "Momma's Boy" or "Desparate for Attention" it might reduce the incentive to become infamous.

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   Joe Schmoe, 4 Sep 2003 @ 9:59pm

   
   

   Here...

   have fun
   
   http://www.geocities.com/roboswami2001/genvirus.html
   
   
   

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   Joe Schmoe, 4 Sep 2003 @ 10:50pm

   
   

   Re: My suggestion is...

   "If instead of giving viruses strong and powerful names like 'Master Blaster'..."
   
   I so agree, and you so beat me to the punch!
   
   Limp Biz Kit - VBA Worm, infects Office Documents, crashes before causing any real damage.
   
   Tit Mouse - Small trojan, attempts to seek out and delete porn.
   
   The Woodpecker - Hijacks users machine and sends viagra spam.
   
   

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