General
Two styles of message can be selected, "Short", or "Long". The "Short" style is more heavily abbreviated, and a seperate message is generated for each site. The "Long" style gathers the alerts for all sites into a single email.
The Subject of the email is always YKVAlert. the "Short" style messages are numbered in the Subject, and the last message of a series also shows the total number, thus the subject YKVAlert 1/1 shows the message is the first and last in a series.
The table shows the abbreviations for the "Short" and "Long" styles.
| "Short" | "Long" | Description |
|---|---|---|
| F: | Found: | Starts the body of the message. |
| S | Site | Heading for the alerts from one site, always followed by the abbreviation of the site. |
Sites
| Abbreviation | Organisation | URL / Description |
|---|---|---|
| CA | Computer Associates | http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/default.aspx |
| Computer Associates uses these risk levels (in descending order): Critical, High, Medium, Low, Very Low | ||
| FSC | F-Secure | http://www.f-secure.com/ |
| F-Secure uses numeric alert levels. YKVAlert prefaces these with the letter "R" (to provide a clear distinction from numbers of viruses caught), so the listed alert levels, in descending order are: R1, R2, R3. Note that this ranking is the reverse of some other alert rankings. YKVAlert uses alert level R4 where F-Secure has published the information but has not issued an alert. | ||
| HKCERT | Hongkong CERT | http://www.hkcert.org/valert/content.html |
| Hongkong CERT does not list a severity for their alerts. | ||
| JIANGMIN | Jiang Min (KV3000) | http://www.jiangmin.com/exec/virusinfo/index.asp |
| Jiang Min does not list a severity for their alerts. | ||
| NAI | Network Associates | http://vil.nai.com/VIL/newly-discovered-viruses.asp |
| Network Associates uses these risk levels (in descending order): High-Outbreak, High, Medium-On-Watch, Medium, Low-Profiled, Low, N/A. | ||
| NORMAN | Norman Data Defence | http://www.norman.com/ |
| Norman Data Defence uses these risk levels (in descending order): High, Medium, Low. | ||
| RISING | Beijing Rising | http://it.rising.com.cn/newSite/Channels/Anti_Virus/Virus_Alert/index.htm |
| Beijing Rising does not list a severity for their alerts. | ||
| SARC | Symantec | http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html |
| Symantec uses numeric risk levels. YKVAlert prefaces these with the letter "L" (to provide a clear distinction from numbers of viruses caught), so the listed risk levels, in descending order are: L5, L4, L3, L2, L1 | ||
| SOPHOS | Sophos | http://www.sophos.com/ |
| Sophos marks high risk viruses with a coloured or flashing bullet point in their list of latest viruses. This is reported as "Red" in the message. | ||
| TREND | Trend Micro | http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/ |
| Trend Micro uses these risk levels (in descending order): High, Medium, Low-on-Watch, Low | ||
| VM | VMyths | http://vmyths.com/ |
| VMyths does not list a severity for their alerts. |
For further questions, contact us:
Allan Dyer
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