Lousy E-mail Filters Complicating Outlook Worms

Mar writes "FRISK Software founder Fridrik Skulason has issued an open letter in which he blames other anti-virus companies for much of the Sobig.F network load problems: 'If mail filters send out one message for every copy of Sobig.F received, they are in effect doubling the amount of traffic. This makes them a part of the problem, not a part of the solution.'"

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This is so true

[blunte]

Our Norton Exchange AV kicks out "we-saved-your-butt" emails to the admin, the original recip, and back at the "sender", who of course knows nothing about it since it was forged.

I've just been creating more and more filters that send to trash with no notification to anyone.

Of course, you have to pay attention when you first turn some of the capabilities on, as Norton kindly preset you to block AOL mail :) Serves AOL right...