Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: ATTACK TO MY SYSTEM

[jw schultz]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:55:57PM +0200, Maciej Soltysiak wrote:
> > When there are enough complaints to mail server admins, hopefully the
> > philosophy will change.
> It is changing. I have been talking to antivirus software people (nod32)
> and I suggested that their virus signatures could have information whether
> the virus spoofs the sender address or not, and then simply do not send
> replies for infected mail. I got a response that they are working on it,
> and that other antivirus software developers like dudes from symantec,
> sophos, mcaffe, etc... are working on it also.
> 
> So we should have a slightly better solution to that when the software
> gets better.

What they should do is send the alerts to MS. ;-))))

No, because if the company whose mascot is a big blue bug
that reproduces by spreading worms were to actually fix the
problem the market for anti-virus software would shrink
faster than SCO's sales revenue.


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