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Message-ID: <26B81041A305404D81E894D53B39EC0301C650@exchange.SANE.COM> From: mike at sane.com (Mike Smith) Subject: viruses being sent to this list >> >>> 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. >> >Why leap to that conclusion? There are two more plausible possibilities. >1) Viruses are sending mail to the list address. >2) Malicious individuals are sending viruses to the list. > >Why is it that people on this list, *in general*, tend to always assume the >worst of others in every situation? > >Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu) Doesn't that depend on if you think stupid people are worse than malicious people?
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