full-disclosure - viruses being sent to this list

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Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.58.0403231727520.8310@dave.horsfall.org>
From: dave at horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: viruses being sent to this list

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Paul Schmehl wrote:

> This is a small sample of what I have found in the archives:
> message.pif - 5 copies
> your_details.pif - 2 copies
> attachment.htm.pif - 1 copies
> file.pif - 1 copies
> test.pif - 1 copies
> readme.scr - 1 copies

Yeah, that's pretty close to my recollection.  I thought it ironic that
this list -- a security list -- is populated by some infected idiots,
but there you go.

Someone said that they haven't seen any virus postings; you sure they
are not being dumped by your ISP?  They are *definitely* there.

-- Dave