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RE: AV "feature" does more DDoS than Sobig


From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 09:56:05 -0400

When I get one of these false alarm messages about Sobig, I am complaing
to both the company who sent the message and the vendor who supplies the
buggy software.  If an anti-virus software package knows that a
particular email virus uses forged return addresses, it shouldn't ever
send out a warning message about an infected email message.  If it does
send out a message in this situation, the message will almost surely go
to the wrong person.

Of course, these warning messages are also a form of spam since many of
them contain ads for the anti-virus software package that finds the
infected message.  

Richard M. Smith
http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com



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