On Sunday 21 March 2004 6:37 pm, Erik Corry wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 01:13:51PM -0500, Bit Fuzzy wrote:
> > I notify the 'recipient' in the event the email in question was expected
> > (part of a project, family / business correspondence etc).
>
> You need to distinguish between Worms and Viruses. Worms are just
> propagating themselves. There's never any harm in dropping a worm
> since they are not part of a project or a correspondance.
>
> Viruses on the other hand attach to otherwise legitimate files and
> of course they should be bounced.
I disagree. Certainly, many years ago, this was true of viruses, but today?
I don't think so.
What is the most recent virus you can think of which attached itself to
otherwise legitimate files, rather than being the entire content of whatever
it is the victim receives?
Regards,
Antony.
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