Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Sep 2003 06:41:27 -0700 | From | jw schultz <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: ATTACK TO MY SYSTEM |
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:55:57PM +0200, Maciej Soltysiak wrote: > > When there are enough complaints to mail server admins, hopefully the > > philosophy will change. > It is changing. I have been talking to antivirus software people (nod32) > and I suggested that their virus signatures could have information whether > the virus spoofs the sender address or not, and then simply do not send > replies for infected mail. I got a response that they are working on it, > and that other antivirus software developers like dudes from symantec, > sophos, mcaffe, etc... are working on it also. > > So we should have a slightly better solution to that when the software > gets better.
What they should do is send the alerts to MS. ;-))))
No, because if the company whose mascot is a big blue bug that reproduces by spreading worms were to actually fix the problem the market for anti-virus software would shrink faster than SCO's sales revenue.
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