On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Eric Thomas wrote: > > Personaly, I don't see it as very much use, but I'm not involved > > at all with it. The idea is that by putting a message like that on the > > end of the message, people feel confident that they are not being infected > > by the ``site in question''. > > The thing though is that a malicious user can add the "virus scan done" > message and make it look like the message was scanned when it was not. > In other words, this only provides a dangerous sense of false security. It > trains users to feel confident about messages which bear this little note, > when in reality there is no guarantee that it was inserted by a virus scanner. I agree entirely, I supose I didn't really think about that actually being something that could be used for malicious purposes. Thank you for clarifying this potential problem with it. *I* would not trust it myself, but I'm probably far LESS trusting than your average user. Jessica -- Jessica Rasku, Box 270, Rossland, B.C., V0G 1Y0, (250) 362-5701, LinuxBox: (250) 362-9668. List manager: [log in to unmask] send command help ---- To get help with majordomo or lists ---- To get a list of all lists on server. WWW: <http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Andes/8749>