Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:17:15 +0100 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | [OFFTOPIC] Re: ATTACK TO MY SYSTEM |
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:01:24PM +0200, Jan Evert van Grootheest wrote: > Me too. > And I won't be able to kill off this account. > I thought another virus had popped up! Many of them have their > attachments removed by the virusscanner.
The collateral effects caused by email-based virus scanner software creating bounces to faked email addresses is getting to be more of a problem to control than the viruses themselves.
I've recently been getting mails from sites "helpfully" informing me that someone tried to send me a virus - they're not helpful at all.
I suggest that anyone receiving such things complain to the originating site - if the virus is known to use faked sender addresses, it is irresponsible for any site to generate a bounce.
When there are enough complaints to mail server admins, hopefully the philosophy will change.
Any further discussion of this topic should be done off list.
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