-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday, November 08, 2002, Clive Taylor wrote...
JA>> No offence, but don't you think the attitude is a little rude? I JA>> mean it could have just been a mess up with a folder template... JA>> A mistake that probably everybody makes every now and again JA>> (hence Marck's warnings). > I think Gary's comments are justified. But without any confirmation of how the file got on the list, John was being told he was an idiot, and had no brain. To me that is plain rude... but that's me. > I didn't know this was the EICAR file because NOD's plugin deletes > the attachment and doesn't flag up which virus was attempting to > infest this machine when it dumps the message into the quarantine > folder. Hey, consider it an unintended test just like a load of other people did, was an accident, just like the folders template that pops up every now and again. They don't get called idiots, they just kindly get guided ;) > It could have been serious. Perhaps there's a technique here that > spammers and virus propagators could exploit. Worrying. Not really... The list is set to accept mail from subscribed users only, viruses such as Klez, BugBear, spoof the From address, so the files would never have got on the list anyway... unless of course the person is using both outlook and TB! and has a contact from the list and the list address in his/her addressbook (or webpages). I'm not saying it cannot happen... chances are very slim... too many random parts required to make it succeed. I've been on the list... oh... nearly a year, and that is the first accidental post of a test virus... or any virus for that matter. Not only that, but I think it's probably one of the very few attachments on an email to this list... I've maybe seen 4 since I joined. *shrugs* - -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Fingerprint: 676A 1701 665B E343 E393 B8D2 2B83 E814 F8FD 1F73 iQA/AwUBPctmliuD6BT4/R9zEQI/oACglfwpwoLDhp1TMkvVSPNKjomE7FQAn0kU BYff1TAlz+dP8dBmLsAbrYom =1L/a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
