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Date:	Sat, 12 Jul 2003 09:28:49 PDT7
From:	"Larry Tawa" <larry.tawa@dslextreme.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: [Fwd: Failure Notice]

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In <46909.14.12.25.11.07.2003@constellation>, on 07/11/2003
at 02:04 PM, Zdenek Jizba said:

>> > I have been getting these notices lately. Does anyone
>> >have experience/knowledge about them?
>>
>> Sure. Got to your favorite virus definition site and do some reading. A
>> forged failure notice is a new infection technique. The executable midi
>> attachment should have given you a clue.

> Then how come the Norman Virus Control doesn't catch it.
snip

Norman Virus Control for OS/2 does *not* scan email nor email attachments.
I asked Norman's tech support about 12/2001 (?) and this is for speed
reasons.

To test this, email yourself any virus as an attachment; NVC will not
respond unless you try to *execute* the attachment aka virus.

Larry
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