How to deal with Viruses suspected to be received from an e-mail list: was (RE: [thelist] VIRUS!!)

[TheEnigma]

makes pretty good sense to me.
But anyone who can view the HTTP Headers of the message should be able to
get the IP etc and thus the ISP details surely.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Miller" <brad at beldamar.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 6:13 AM
Subject: How to deal with Viruses suspected to be received from an e-mail
list: was (RE: [thelist] VIRUS!!)


> Evening/Morning Evolters,
> Having been on some pretty shabby list in the past(not this one) I have
had
> to deal with issues when I felt people from a list were trying to send me
> viruses or were just plain evil in off list replies.
>
> If this happens to you contact your list admin with the specifics and let
> them track it down before accusing anyone  on a list. List admins are here
> to help things run smoothly. If it turns out that someone was sending
> viruses intentionally they will be banned from the list. They can probably
> help you take actions off list by giving you contact information to report
> their abuse to the appropriate ISP.(assuming you can't find this on your
> own)
>
> You open yourself up for flaming when you accuse anyone on an email list
of
> being malicious.
> Try to save yourself the hassle of dealing with things like this.
>
> Sorry DJC(and anyone else administering our great list) if I am making
your
> life more complicated, but this is probably something that should be in
the
> rules of thelist.(if it isn't already)
>
> We all value the opinion of everyone on this list. Sometimes we say things
> that get interpreted the wrong way. Please keep an open mind and remember
> that we are here to help each other.
>
> Since this really isn't OT because it applies to everyone on this list and
I
> am a lackey when it comes to tips I will leave a suggestion. I swear I
will
> find a tip worthy of this list one day! Of course you could just call the
> above a tip. :)
>
> <suggestion type="antiviral software">
> If your tired of having Norton and/or McAfee crash your windows box and
> hogging all your resources, try out Command Anti-Virus. www.commandcom.com
> It is very gentle on resources and so far after 2 years) I have never had
a
> virus get past it, or a system crash because of it, on all Windows DOS's.
It
> is a yearly subscription based product but I think it is well worth
> it.</suggestion>
>
> And I am not affiliated with Command Antivirus, I just think it is the
best.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Brad Miller
> 702-438-7660
> www.rapidfx.com
> www.beldamar.com
> www.dejapc.com
>
>
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