On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 08:43:00AM -0400, Pete Weiss wrote:
>
> I totally agree with Jessica: not only do I find these message
> "annoying," but also totally useless.  In this case, less than useless,
> but problematic.

FWIW: those signatures that mention (=advertise) the brand of virus
scanner being used are a security risk, since an attacker can then take
the time to test exploits against another copy of the software until
he or she finds one that will pass through your systems silently.

Regards,
Dave

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