[ale] All the virus that people on the ale list are sending me

[Geoffrey]

I don't know where he get's off pointing at the ALE list.  The noted
viri he's attached don't reflect ALE members as I see it.

There have been a rash of these viri that contain the *.pif attachment. 
I've gotten many myself.  I suspect that Luis need to do a bit more
research before pointing his finger...

Jim Philips wrote:
> 
> All I can say is that most of us are blissfully unaware of any Windows
> viruses (or virii, if you like). Since I never run Windows on this box,
> I wouldn't know one if I got it. The ALE list, I would bet, has a lot
> more far flung readers than your NT list. Although I'm in Atlanta
> myself, I know we have readers from all over the world. Is that true of
> your other list? And aside from that, I have seen anti-virus programs
> treat many innocuous attachments like viruses simply because they were
> not recognized by the the anti-virus scanner. So, blame us if you like,
> but be sure you know what your program was reacting to first.
> 
> On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 20:17, Luis Luna wrote:
> > Okay,
> > What is going on here? I am on the ale list, lurking mostly, and on a
> > Sunbelt Software list for Windows NT/2000 Admins, I have never had a virus
> > come from the Sunbelt Software List (mostly NT'ers) but I keep getting
> > warnings from my email server about people from the ale list trying to send
> > me viri!
> > Here is one someone tried to send me today:
> >
> > The attachment(s) that came with the following mail
> > received by you had Viruses in it.
> >
> > =============================================================
> > The Mail came from    : _jmaddox1 at bellsouth.net
> > The Mail recipient    : luis at btr-architects.com
> > Subject of the Mail   : Re:
> > Message-ID            :
> > <20011202215000.QVJH1216.imf05bis.bellsouth.net at aol.com>
> >
> > Attachment-Name         Virus-Name              Action-Taken
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > 17725445.HTM            "Exploit.IFrame.FileDownload" Deleted
> > docs_doc.pif            (None)                  File was Deleted as per
> > Server Administrator Rules
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is another one:
> > The attachment(s) that came with the following mail
> > received by you had Viruses in it.
> >
> > =============================================================
> > The Mail came from    : _ulbrich at ebicom.net
> > The Mail recipient    : luis at btr-architects.com
> > Subject of the Mail   : Re:
> > Message-ID            : <200112021425.fB2EPCe01119 at Edison.EBICom.Net>
> >
> > Attachment-Name         Virus-Name              Action-Taken
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > 10204229.HTM            "Exploit.IFrame.FileDownload" Deleted
> > stuff_mp3.pif           (None)                  File was Deleted as per
> > Server Administrator Rules
> >
> > Jeez! I thought linux users were a little more careful, and don't give me
> > that line about Windows...blah blah..blah... A almost any system can be made
> > secure and bulletproof  and experienced computer users like the people on
> > this list should really be practicing safe computing.
> >
> > Luis Luna
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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