ICANN Askes Verisign to stop

From: Aaron McKee (amckee_at_GPCREATIVE.COM)
Date: 10/03/03

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    ICANN has posted the following announcement to their website, asking
    Verisign to stop the SiteFinder service within 48 hours:

    http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-03oct03.htm

    Aaron McKee - MCP
    System Administrator
    Griffith Phillips Creative
    P> 214.265.0026
    F> 214.265.0189
    E> amckee@gpcreative.com
    W> www.gpcreative.com

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    Most viruses these days use spoofed email addresses. As such, using an Anti-
    Virus product which automatically notifies the perceived sender of a message
    it believes is infected may well cause more harm than good. Someone who did
    not actually send you a virus may receive the notification and scramble
    their support staff to find an infection which never existed in the first
    place. Suggest such notifications be disabled by whomever is responsible for
    your AV, or at least that the idea is considered.
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