On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 09:10:33AM -0400, Email_Support@iNET-Systems.net wrote: > Our email virus scanner has reported that you sent an E-mail to > dstewart@smf-law.com, containing the : W32/Sobig.C@mm virus in the > documents.pif attachment. The subject of the E-mail was "Re: Submited > (004756-3463)". > The E-mail containing the virus has been quarantined on our mail > server and was not delivered to prevent possible infection. Good for you! > Please check your attachment file for viruses and resend the email. > An email notification has also been sent to the dstewart@smf-law.com. Please check your virus scanning software for a "don't send stupid warnings to people who were not responsible for the virus's transmission" setting. The most prevalent email worms on the Internet today not only fake the From: headers, they use legitimate addresses of uninvolved parties to do so. Virus notifications should *not* be sent to the return address contained in the infected message; they should be sent to the administrator of the network from which you received the message. Virus scanners of the sort you're using contribute to the general noise on the Internet without doing anything to stem the spreading of viruses. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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