RE: viruses being sent to this list

["Mike Smith" <mike () sane com>]

> > > 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 copies
> >
> > Yeah, 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.
> Why leap to that conclusion?  There are two more plausible
possibilities. 
> 1) Viruses are sending mail to the list address.
> 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)

        Doesn't that depend on if you think stupid people are worse than
malicious people?

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