Hi guys, I’m doing a research product on anti virus products and wanted to know do avast have a specific method in naming malware which has been detected? I know theres specific malware families but how do avast (and other antivirus products) decide on labeling malware?
http://blog.zeltser.com/post/11935658159/malware-naming-approaches
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/mmpc/shared/malwarenaming.aspx
http://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/virus-any-other-name-virus-naming-practices
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/virusnaming.jsp
http://www.avira.com/en/support-malware-naming-conventions
http://www.pcworld.com/article/112701/article.html
Thank you this has helped alot. Out of curiosity what did you type to find this information?
different variation of your question in a google search 
for tech info on virus these are usually the best
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/mmpc/default.aspx
https://www.securelist.com/en/
to find info on a virus detection you see try this: take the detection name you see, like this from AVG Worm/Downadup
now google virustotal Worm/Downadup and you get lots of VT hits
see what Microsoft or Kaspersky name it, then search those sites given above for those names
then you get these
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/search/results.aspx?q=Worm%3AWin32%2FConficker.C+site:http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal
https://www.securelist.com/en/find?words=Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.ih&searchtype=
not 100% but you get an idea what it is and what it does … have fun