[afnog] Re: W32.Sobig.E at mm

[Patrick Okui <pokui at one2net.co.ug>]

On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 14:50, Brian Candler wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 05:08:03PM +0300, Mark Tinka wrote:
> >    My anti-virus filters the messages and only sends me a notification of
> >    the same. I beleive it would be a good idea for the operator of the
> >    mailing list - uol.co.ug - to check incoming and outgoing e-mail for
> >    viruses.
> 
> Seems pretty pointless to me. If you are able to receive mails from the

unless it makes a difference as far as bandwidth/hard disk space/... is
concerned ;-)...

> whole Internet, then anyone could send you this virus. I've received dozens
> of copies of this your_details.zip virus already. If you're vulnerable, then
> you're going to get infected one way or another; receiving one less copy
> isn't going to protect you.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Brian.
> 
-- 
Patrick Okui <pokui at one2net.co.ug>
One2Net (U) Ltd

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