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Lousy E-mail Filters Complicating Outlook Worms

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the cluttering-up-my-inbox dept.

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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  1. woobidy doo by stratjakt · · Score: -1, Troll

    we know that

    let us return to racist rants about how Indians will sabotage your company.

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    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  2. Outlook by Bame+Flait · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nothing much can be said about security when you are using Outlook Express. Microsoft has always been quick to issue patches to cover up its bugs. It usually releases these patches on the Web. All you can do to keep your mails secure to the utmost extent is to keep a watch on these patches and update your OE as and when necessary. Please check that you have 128-bit encryption on your system. For this, please go to the `help' menu of your browser and then click `about Internet Explorer.' A dialog box will pop up. Look for the word Cypher strength. The cypher strength ideally should be 128bit. If it is anything less than that, then click on the link displayed next to it to upgrade it to 128. Cipher Strength is a security feature in browsers which provides encryption of information being transmitted across the Internet. Barring these security bugs, you can tweak your security to a great extent by applying file-level security to your mail box by using NTFS file system, for which you will have to have win2000 or XP as your primary OS.

  3. A thought by stratjakt · · Score: -1, Troll

    Maybe you lunix fags could stop making heroes out of hackers, and start to look at them as the bottom feeding dregs that they are.

    Maybe if it wasn't so hip and trendy to h4x0r j00r b0x0r with your m4d sk1llz0rz, this type of nonsense would fade away into obscurity.

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    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  4. Re:Brithday! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That is also the day you fucked your mom. Your penis travelled the full length of her vagina on that day.

  5. Another thought by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck you.

  6. In Soviet Russia., the bounce makes its way into A by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll



    In Soviet Russia bounce make it way into Anna Kornikova's vulva-deloris-clitoris.