My Bayesian spam filter has caught every SoBig.F virus after the first one -- but it's not catching the 100-and-counting "Your email contained a virus!" autoresponses. I can't classify them as spam because bounces are usually important.
And no wonder, when the autoresponses are so insistent that the wrong person has a virus. This is one of several dozen I've received:
Network Tallahassee has recently installed Declude Virus. This software intercepts viruses passing through the gateway to our network.
Your computer very recently (in the last few minutes) sent an email with the following characteristics.
Virus Name: W32/Sobig.F Attachment: your_details.pif
Subject: Re: Re: My details
To: sales@1-businesscardpros.com
The email containing the virus has been deleted to prevent further damage.
While there is a *very* small chance that this virus did not originate from your account, you should have your computer checked very carefully. Some viruses can cause the loss of all information on your computer.
. They know exactly what virus it was, and say there's only a "*very* small chance" it didn't come from me? Who wouldn't be nervous?
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My Bayesian spam filter has caught every SoBig.F virus after the first one -- but it's not catching the 100-and-counting "Your email contained a virus!" autoresponses. I can't classify them as spam because bounces are usually important.
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They know exactly what virus it was, and say there's only a "*very* small chance" it didn't come from me? Who wouldn't be nervous?