[Mimedefang] Delete virus noticiation messages.

David F. Skoll dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Thu Dec 11 09:46:41 EST 2003


On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Dirk Mueller wrote:

> > http://www.roaringpenguin.com/canit/showincident.php?id=8046 especially the
> > "Statistical Analysis" part of the report.

> Thats not a virus notification but the virus itself.

No, it's not.

The executable was removed and replaced with "DELETED0.TXT".  If it had
been a virus, it would not even have made it into the trap.

It's not technically a "virus notification"; instead, it is a "defanged"
virus.  These are MORE irritating to receive than the actual virus,
because at least the actual virus is child's-play to detect and discard.

Regards,

David.



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