here here I think the autoresponders are just as bad as the virus itself, especially if multiple party's are notified with every virus ie: Administrator, Recipient and Sender! Cheers Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Byrnand" <simon(a)igrin.co.nz> To: "Dan Clark" <dan(a)scarfies.net>; "Keith Davidson" <keith(a)wise.net.nz>; <nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [nznog] Recent worm infestations
At 14:26 27/01/2004, Dan Clark wrote:
yeh I've noticed more autoresponder notes than the actual virus :P
Great little rant (with technical details) here about the whole issue of virus scanners replying to the "sender" of viruses, and anybody running an email virus scanner ought to read this...
http://www.attrition.org/security/rant/av-spammers.html
Regards, Simon