On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 10:48:44AM -0400, Nick Simicich wrote:
> At 02:04 PM 5/18/2001 -0700, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:
> >On Fri, 18 May 2001, Bernie Cosell wrote:
> >> Is this for real? I occasionally get a message that has "IL*VEYOU" in it
> >> with a note saying that they munged it so that their message wont kick
> >> off virus-catchers... but that's SO ineffective I couldn't imagine that
> >> *sysops* actually did that kind of thing.
> >
> >Before the content filtering capabilities were added to Sendmail Switch,
> >many customers were implementing MTA-side filters that did, in fact,
> >bounce as many legit virus notifications as the virii themselves.
>
> There are no legit virus notifications, except the ones that come from
> virus companies.
That's kind of the attitude I'm taking these days. If I thought
that we could instruct the users how to tell a warning of a real
virus from a bogus rumor, then we would pursue that. I just don't
think that we're capable of that kind of education (or if it's even
possible). So I tell people not to trust virus warnings that they
don't hear about from a credible virus-hunting company. Any warnings
you get in e-mail should at least be cross-checked against a couple
of other sources, if you are tempted to believe it at all.
