I did ask Symantec support why they did not have a patch for the gateway software when they had a definition since may. the reply was that is was a new variation of the virus!!! sounds like a b.o.b. to me.
Les. ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 3:50 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: But Topical (Anti Virus) > > >Re: [IMail Forum] OT: But Topical (Anti Virus)>Just to update you Symantec > >do NOT currently have a > >fix for the new Aliz > >Virus. They said the are currently working on it but as it is thanks giving > >in the States it won't be ready until some time tomorrow. > > > >w32.aliz.worm was discovered on the 22.05.01 and there is a fix already. > >http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.aliz.worm.html > > FYI, there have been a number of cases where viruses were discovered by an > AV company (such as Norton/Symantec or McAfee), and the desktop virus > scanner would catch it, but the mail server virus scanner would not for > some reason (such as unusual or corrupt MIME headers or encoding). > > However, I can't imagine that it would take over 5 months to fix the > problem (typically it takes them several days to a week). > > -Scott > --- > Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for > IMail. http://www.declude.com > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > ********************************************************************** Information in this mail is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Montague L Meyer Ltd will accept no responsibility or liability in respect to this email other than to the addressee. If you have received this email in error, please notify MLM by telephone on 0208 4778000 or by email on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
