The platform names shown in MIRC mIRCScript Requires the mIRC script interpreter. MPB MapBasic Requires MapBasic of MapInfo product. Perl Perl Requires a Perl interpreter. Hosting does not affect the platform designatorstandalone Perl infectors under UNIX(-like) shells, ones that require Perl under WSH an168-embedded Perl malware all fall under this platform type. PHP PHPScript Requires a PHP script interpreter. Pirch PirchScript Requires the Pirch script interpreter. PS PostScript Requires a PostScript interpreter. REG Registry Requires a Windows Registry file (.REG) interpreter. (We do not distinguish .REG versions or ASCII versus Unicode.) SH ShellScript Requires a UNIX(-like) shell interpreter. Hosting does not affect the platform nameshell malware specific to Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, or other systems, or specific to csh, ksh, bash, or other interpreters currently all fall under this platform type. VBS VBScript, VisualBasicScript Requires a VBS interpreter. Hosting does not affect the platform designatorstandalone VBS infectors that require VBS under WSH, HTML-embedded VBS malware, and malware embedded in Windows-compile168 help files (.CHM) all fall under this platform type. UNIX UNIX This is a common name for binary viruses on UNIX platforms. (More specific platform names are available.) BSD BSD Used for malware specific to BSD (-derived) platforms. Linux Linux Used for malware specific to Linux platforms and others closely based on it. Solaris Solaris Used for Solaris-specific malware.