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Syntax used in names of malicious programs

In general one may say that the letters/numbers before a slash represent the platform/application which the virus infects. The text after a slash represents the general virus name. Variants of the virus are represented by a dot and one or several letters at the end of the name.

WM=Word 6.x/7.x
W97M=Word 97
XF=Excel 4.0 formulas
XM=Excel 5.0
X97M=Excel 6.0
P98M=Project 98
PP97M=PowerPoint 97
A97M=Access 97
CVS=Corel Script
WP2kM=WordPerfect 2000
VBS=Visual Basic Script
mIrc=IRC script
W32=Win32 (WinNT/2000 and Win95/98/Me)
W95=Win95