Re: Odd virus(?) incident


"B. Chernick" <BChernick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:16EBE9FC-057F-4CB7-9E2A-1718CE777EB7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[snip]

What I find unsettling is that Yahoo!s own virus scan claimed that this
attachment posed no threat.

It should be understood that virus scanners can only state what they
believe they have found. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
and good programs can be flagged as malware.

You must (as you did) use the brain to correct for the shortcomings of
scanners.
[snip]

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