Hei, Nick Andriash wrote:
>> What could be a reason for doing so? No virus scanner can make sure >> that a mail is virus free, > Ok, why not? Because a virus may spread a day before you get the corresponding virus updates or because it is a virus which changes it's code dynamically. But mainly the first problem, which makes a line like "this mail is virus free" superfluous. > You mean to say that if I scan a file/message with NAV or > NOD32 and they report no viruses present... that they are lying? ;o) No. There is a difference between "lying" and "do not say the truth". > That may well be. Don't currently use the Program myself but I know it > does in fact certify incoming/outgoing messages. Then it's a stupid software which is used by people who don't know how a virus scanner (and/or viruses) work. It kind of reminds me of people using a personal firewall and saying "my PC is safe and free of trojans". > Yes, but that is already an inherent feature of the majority of top > level AV Scanners. I don't know a scanner which in fact removes viruses from downloaded mails (on the client side). Can you name one? -- Regards, Günther Automatic virus scanning with F-PROT, ROT13 and some S/MIME bugs: http://www.guenther-eisele.de/bat/index_e.htm TheBat! 1.54 Beta/16, Windows NT 5.0 -- _________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbbeta.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Beta: 1.54 beta/15 Wish List : http://wish.thebat.dutaint.com
