Re: See this update that comes from MS
From: Dr John Stockton (spam_at_merlyn.demon.co.uk)
Date: 09/29/03
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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:23:05 +0100
JRS: In article <#deYv5ghDHA.1800@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, seen in
news:microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript, Al Dunbar [MS-MVP] <Alan-no-
Drub-spam@hotmail.com> posted at Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:18:19 :-
>
>"james" <nospam@hypercon.net> wrote in message
>news:eLOVhbggDHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Ever heard of a "bot" ? Obviously the virus makers know
>> how to scan for email addresses from the groups, so
>> MS should be able to scan the groups for certain messages
>> and remove them
>
>How would they identify those messages that should be removed such that they
>would be sure to not remove innocent messages? And if they decide to remove
>all with "from microsoft" in the subject, wouldn't the perpetrators just
>find something else to use?
The present plague is around 150kB and over 2000 lines, whereas nothing
else, in text newsgroups, is likely to be so big. Only those big enough
need be examined.
I don't recall the exact policy on binaries here; but ISTM that, except
in any groups *for* binaries, it can reasonably be cancelled as a large
binary. Heuristics should be able to separate binaries from text and
programs rather well.
If (most) newsgroups were limited to plain text messages of under 1000
lines, the problem, in those groups, would be much reduced.
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