[Offtopic] RE: Antigen found VBS/SST virus

[Jord Sonneveld <Jo...@eoncompany.com>]

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:glane@inclusion.net]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 6:19 PM
To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
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:ANTIGEN_SCOOBY@bspark.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 13 February 2001 9:41 AM
> > To: 'tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org'
> > 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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Geoff Lane <gl...@inclusion.net>
(650) 969-5000 x104

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