Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:11:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hotmail security vulnerability (viruses) (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910251308130.53784-100000@hub.freebsd.org>
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From the referenced article (see below): Hotmail's engineers could not fix the problem because Hotmail runs on FreeBSD Unix, according to Star Internet. And Network Associates, which owns anti-virus software maker McAfee -- has produced a fourth version of McAfee anti-virus scanner that can detect Melissa-style macro viruses, but that version does not run on the FreeBSD Unix operating system used by Hotmail. ---- I guess the Linux vscan port doesn't do email scanning..does anyone know of something that does? I'm just curious.. Kris ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 19:20:33 +0100 From: "Xander Teunissen (Thejian)" <thejian@net-security.org> To: BUGTRAQ@securityfocus.com Subject: Re: Hotmail security vulnerability (viruses) >While we are discussing Hotmail, has anyone noticed that Hotmail's virus >scanner doesn't detect most macro viruses - including any of the Melissa >varients? This article (published on Techweb last friday) notes that problem yes. It's not much of a solution (none at all, come to think of it) but it shows yet another of the problems this service is dealing with and exposing it's users to. http://techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19991015S0016 Xander Teunissen ------------------------------------------------------- E-MAIL thejian@net-security.org HNS http://net-security.org DEFAULT Newsletter: http://default.net-security.org PGP http://net-security.org/pgp/thejian ------------------------------------------------------- "I have a shotgun, a shovel, and five acres behind the house. Do not trifle with me." echelon: FBI CIA NSA IRS ATF BATF Malcolm X Militia Gun Handgun MILGOV Assault Rifle Terrorism Bomb Drug Force Constituition Bill Of Rights...etc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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