The list doesn't do any checking. It's the viruswalls (for lack of a better term) at the smtp servers that receive the messages from the list that send replies to the list about the virus.
j\s
-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 6:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Antigen found VBS/SST virus
It's a Windows/Outlook virus, they run the attachments in some cases
without you opening the file or anything. I got the same email, but
since I don't use Windows or Outlook, it has not gone on to anybody else
in my company. (I will avoid a flame fest here with making jokes about
MS products :))
Supposedly this virus does no damage - it's just annoying.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010212/wr/tech_virus_dc_1.html
The main concern to me is why the list notices it's a virus and then
retransmits it as an attachment on the notification! Seems like a pretty
bad idea. Any way to stop the SMTP server from doing that?
Anthony Ikeda wrote:
>
> Whats the story with this? Has anyone else had this distributed through
> their company? Since this came through to my account, everyone else in my
> company has been receiving it (without effects, thankfully the virus agent
> picked this up) and the file hasn't even been opened!
>
> Cheers,
> Anthony Ikeda,
> Web Application Developer,
> Proxima Technology,
>
> Level 13,
> 181 Miller Street,
> North Sydney
> Australia
>
> PH: +612-9458-1718
> Mob: 041 624 5143
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ANTIGEN_SCOOBY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 13 February 2001 9:41 AM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: Antigen found VBS/SST virus
> >
> >
> > Antigen for Exchange found AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs infected
> > with VBS/SST
> > virus.
> > The file is currently Deleted. The message, "Here you have, ;o)", was
> > sent from tsaiching wong and was discovered in IMC Queues\Inbound
> > located at Brightspark/BSPARK-MAIN/SCOOBY.
> >
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