Re: [APML] OT: Anti Virus Software

[Roland Roberts <roland@astrofoto.org>]

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>>>>> "ms" == Michael Stecker <mstecker@dslextreme.com> writes:

    ms> One thing that bothers me is that I keep on getting emails
    ms> related to the SOBIG.F worm as well as emails from others
    ms> saying that I have sent them emails with SOBIG.F infection.  I
    ms> used the Symantec Fix Tool for SOBIG.F several times and it
    ms> has NEVER detected SOBIG.F on my computer.  Can someone
    ms> explain why I am getting and sending infected SOBIG.F emails
    ms> if the worm is not in my computer (according to
    ms> Symantec/Norton's)?

Brain-dead firewalls/virii checkers.  Seriously.  I get anywhere from
a couple to a couple-of-dozen of these things every day.  And I'm
running a Linux network (okay, there's also my wife's Mac).  I'm
reasonably confident that the systems in question do not have *any*
Microsoft virus on them.  But, because someone with my e-mail in their
address book got infected, the messages have my address stuffed in the
header as a "Return-Path", "From", or "Reply-To" address and the
brain-dead checkers don't notice the complete inconsistency between the
"Received" header trail and the supposed author.  This is just pure
laziness on the part of the checkers.  My spam check software notices
this sort of inconsistency and adds to its probability score when it
sees it.

regards,

roland
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