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Re: Virus Scan Notices in eMail
From: ctibbs () EAGLE YCP EDU (Colleen Tibbs)
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 08:40:45 -0400
If the virus slipped through the system undetected the 'no virus message' would be appended to the e-mail. By adding it to your e-mail wouldn't it then result in ****** Message from InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT ****** ** No virus found in attached file noname.htm ***************** End of message *************** ****** Message from InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT ****** ** No virus found in attached file noname.htm ***************** End of message *************** Brian Kifiak wrote:
Hi, Could someone enlighten me as to why many server-side eMail virus scanners add this information to eMails they scan? ****** Message from InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT ****** ** No virus found in attached file noname.htm ***************** End of message *************** Is there something I'm missing, or isn't this actually a BAD thing? If users get comfort from seeing messages like this, what's to stop someone from adding this to an eMail containing a virus they want to spread? Wouldn't the user be more likely to open it? (Assuming your virus slipped through their detection mechanism undetected.)
Current thread:
- Re: Another new worm??? (technical) sigipp () WELLA COM BR (Jun 26)
- Re: Another new worm??? (technical) Pierre Vandevenne (Jun 27)
- Virus Scan Notices in eMail Brian Kifiak (Jun 27)
- Re: Virus Scan Notices in eMail Bluefish (Jun 28)
- Re: Virus Scan Notices in eMail Colleen Tibbs (Jun 28)
- Re: Virus Scan Notices in eMail Brian Kifiak (Jun 28)
- Re: Virus Scan Notices in eMail Bluefish (Jun 29)