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Re: Hotmail security vulnerability (viruses)
From: thejian () NET-SECURITY ORG (Thejian)
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 19:20:33 +0100
While we are discussing Hotmail, has anyone noticed that Hotmail's virus scanner doesn't detect most macro viruses - including any of the Melissa varients?
This article (published on Techweb last friday) notes that problem yes. It's not much of a solution (none at all, come to think of it) but it shows yet another of the problems this service is dealing with and exposing it's users to. http://techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19991015S0016 Xander Teunissen ------------------------------------------------------- E-MAIL thejian () net-security org HNS http://net-security.org DEFAULT Newsletter: http://default.net-security.org PGP http://net-security.org/pgp/thejian ------------------------------------------------------- "I have a shotgun, a shovel, and five acres behind the house. Do not trifle with me." echelon: FBI CIA NSA IRS ATF BATF Malcolm X Militia Gun Handgun MILGOV Assault Rifle Terrorism Bomb Drug Force Constituition Bill Of Rights...etc
Current thread:
- Re: Hotmail security vulnerability (viruses) Thejian (Oct 22)
- Re: Hotmail security vulnerability (viruses) Nick FitzGerald (Oct 25)
- predictable ip->id patch antirez (Oct 26)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Hotmail security vulnerability (viruses) Sweeney, Patrick (Oct 26)
- Re: Hotmail security vulnerability (viruses) Dan Schrader (Oct 26)
- Re: Hotmail security vulnerability (viruses) Elias Levy (Oct 27)