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Re: Virus alert

2003-08-30 02:43:28
On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 07:23:29PM -0400, 
Valdis(_dot_)Kletnieks(_at_)vt(_dot_)edu wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 00:10:50 +0200, "A. Kremer" <inanbe(_at_)xs4all(_dot_)nl> 
 said:

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Incoming mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 19-8-2003
---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 19-8-2003

And every single copy of Sobig-F goes out with the header:

X-MailScanner: Found to be clean

What's wrong with this picture?

Well, as the group that made MailScanner, we take the presence of that line 
as a great compliment by the virus writer :)

Aside:  MailScanner (which is open source and free) is one of few gateway
spam/virus detectors that can cater for those virii that forge email From:
headers so that warnings do not erroneously go back to the forged sender.   

See www.mailscanner.info if you're interested.

Tim



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