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RE: E-mail virus free tags (Was: SHUT THE F**K UP)


From: "Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 06:09:40 -0500

The main reason an Antivirus company would spend the resources on adding code to
append a message to outgoing mail is for marketing purposes. It gets their product name
out there. 

Right, it's ironically called "viral marketing"

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
larryseltzer () ziffdavis com 

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