RE : MCAFEE E-MAIL SCAN ALERT!~[FULL-DISCLOSURE] FWD: INTERNET S

[Larry Sanders <lsanders () ittc ku edu>]

On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 08:45, Nick FitzGerald Wrote:
> [snip]
> What he, and several others of us, said makes you stupid is that you
> _forwarded the whole message when you suspected the attachment was a 
> virus or something similar_.

On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 08:45, Nicolas Villatte Wrote:
> So you did it on purpose. Spreading unsolicited virus may be
> considered a crime in many countries. I think you should better
>
>        - expose your problem without sending the virus to a whole
> community (send it only if anyone is interested in helping you 
> and is asking for it)
>        - update your antivirus software more often
>        - try some reverse engineering on the suspected file

I can't take it anymore.  I'm sorry, I know I'm just contributing to the
"noise" now in this flame war, but I have to say it.

If you don't want to recieve _nasty_ things, unsubscribe!  A security
list (and one titled "Full Disclosure" at that) is gong to recieve virii
- duh!  It's also going to contain other vulnabilities.  When someone
includes a "example" of a buffer overflow in opera via a html link - do
you also complain?  Come on people.  Some people even _like_ looking at
virii.

Oh, and don't even get me started on those people that so generously let
us know that a virus has been detected - great, thanks, I'm so glad I
know now..... 

And... whitelist _isn't_ the way to go.

/rant

Whew.





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