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Re: viruses being sent to this list
From: Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:30:41 -0600
--On Tuesday, March 23, 2004 05:30:34 PM +1100 Dave Horsfall <dave () horsfall org> wrote:
Why leap to that conclusion? There are two more plausible possibilities. 1) Viruses are sending mail to the list address.On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Paul Schmehl wrote:This is a small sample of what I have found in the archives: message.pif - 5 copies your_details.pif - 2 copies attachment.htm.pif - 1 copies file.pif - 1 copies test.pif - 1 copies readme.scr - 1 copiesYeah, that's pretty close to my recollection. I thought it ironic that this list -- a security list -- is populated by some infected idiots, but there you go.
2) Malicious individuals are sending viruses to the list.Why is it that people on this list, *in general*, tend to always assume the worst of others in every situation?
Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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