[12323] in bugtraq
Re: Hotmail security vulnerability (viruses)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Xander Teunissen (Thejian))
Mon Oct 25 14:48:41 1999
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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 19:20:33 +0100
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From: "Xander Teunissen (Thejian)" <thejian@NET-SECURITY.ORG>
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>While we are discussing Hotmail, has anyone noticed that Hotmail's virus
>scanner doesn't detect most macro viruses - including any of the Melissa
>varients=3F
This article (published on Techweb last friday) notes that problem yes.
It's not much of a solution (none at all, come to think of it) but it shows
yet another of the problems this service is dealing with and exposing it's
users to.
http://techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19991015S0016
Xander Teunissen
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