Re: Virus Scan Notices in eMail

[ctibbs () EAGLE YCP EDU (Colleen Tibbs)]

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.)