From: Michael G Schwern Date: 18:18 on 14 Jan 2008 Subject: Self-certified email An email just came into the bug tracker, which is hateful in and of itself, but it has this tacked onto the end: No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.0/1218 - Release Date: 10/01/2008 13:32 Well gee thanks, totally untrustworthy email! I'm glad you think I should believe you. Sort of the electronic equivalent of "sure, baby, of course I'm clean. We don't need to use condoms..." The worst part is that this is a VIRUS SECURITY COMPANY who thought this up. Not only should they realize it's totally worthless, and a waste of space, but actually counter productive. You're NOT supposed to trust what the incoming email says. The people who should have already seen every dirty trick virus authors pull should know better. How long do you think it'll be until viruses start adding on their own certification? Ooh, and they're advertising what version of the virus database they're using. Hmmm, I wonder what it's vulnerable to...
From: Adam Atlas Date: 18:23 on 14 Jan 2008 Subject: Re: Self-certified email On 14 Jan 2008, at 13:18, Michael G Schwern wrote: > How long do you think it'll be until viruses start adding on their > own certification? They probably already are.
From: Peter da Silva Date: 18:26 on 14 Jan 2008 Subject: Re: Self-certified email On 2008-01-14, at 12:23, Adam Atlas wrote: > On 14 Jan 2008, at 13:18, Michael G Schwern wrote: >> How long do you think it'll be until viruses start adding on their >> own certification? > > They probably already are. They have been for years.
From: Peter da Silva Date: 18:25 on 14 Jan 2008 Subject: Re: Self-certified email On 2008-01-14, at 12:18, Michael G Schwern wrote: > The worst part is that this is a VIRUS SECURITY COMPANY who thought > this up. That's not surprising. They are, all of them, corrupt. Oh, I dare say there are plenty of ernest and throughtful and honorable folk working there, but the companies all of them have been advertising by spamming, attempting to extend their business by FUD, and otherwise acting irresponsibly. They ship all manner of products that are totally worthless and counterproductive, such as antivirus software for platforms that have no viruses in the wild and, in many cases, no mechanism to transmit viruses between them. Antivirus software is hateful. Antivirus companies are hateful. That they do hateful things is no surprise.
From: Philip Newton Date: 18:37 on 14 Jan 2008 Subject: Re: Self-certified email On Jan 14, 2008 7:18 PM, Michael G Schwern <schwern@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: > Ooh, and they're advertising That's pretty much all you needed to say. Why *did* you think they tack that on to outgoing messages? Cheers,
From: Ricardo SIGNES Date: 22:24 on 14 Jan 2008 Subject: Re: Self-certified email * Michael G Schwern <schwern@xxxxx.xxx> [2008-01-14T13:18:07] > The worst part is that this is a VIRUS SECURITY COMPANY who thought this up. > Not only should they realize it's totally worthless, and a waste of space, but > actually counter productive. You're NOT supposed to trust what the incoming > email says. The people who should have already seen every dirty trick virus > authors pull should know better. How long do you think it'll be until viruses > start adding on their own certification? Duh, it's free advertising.
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