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-Andrew Litt On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 16:56:43 -0700, Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 4, 2004, at 3:55 PM, David Dudine wrote: > > > I have been receiving many notices that a virus, which is apparently > > named > > "Unknown Virus", has been sent to me, and that the message has been > > quarantined by [EMAIL PROTECTED] and not sent to me. OK. Too many > > Windoze > > correspondents on my list.-- > > For well over two years all new viruses on the PC have been forging the > 'From:' headers from addresses found on the infected PC's outlook > address book or in the web cache. > > This means all of these notifications that AV software send are just so > much more 'virus' traffic. They should be turned off by competent > sysadmins, and, in fact should be off by default with competent AV > software. > > Alas, far too many sysadmins and AV companies are clueless nimrods, and > they leave this stuff turned on. > > The Declude (perhaps we should call it Declueless :-) software doesn't > actually know what it blocked, only that it blocked it, hence the > 'Unknown' designation. > > Looking at the Declude web page, it is a AV 'preprocessor' that looks > for specific mail client or server exploit code in the mail rather than > the actual viruses themselves. > > It really smells rather snake-oily to me, particularly when I read that > they have an 'Affiliate' program...(when you have a good product, you > don't need to recruit random strangers to sell it for you) > > -- > Bruce Johnson > > This is the sig who says 'Ni!' > > > > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- -Andrew Litt http://skinXP.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
