Stop the virus Ping-Pong
VIRUS-FIGHTING needs better boundaries, just as much trouble could be caused if a filter recognises the mail as a virus, bounces it to a supposed sender (probably a false address). This creates the ping-pong effects of introducing more virus laden e-mail traffic.
I strongly urge system adminstrator to disable "virus detected" mail return or feedback feature in their anti-virus scanner. As most of the newer strain of viruses uses "spoofed" e-mail address. Therefore the, supposed sender computer is probably not the originator. As this could trigger "un-needed" alarm to him or her and their organisation.
So dear administrator for these mail servers, for everyone sake, just delete the mail that you think it has virus. You do not need to tell anyone! If you really need to inform someone, send them to your boss. This is to give him the impression you are busy at work deleting virus mail.
These messages are a growing nuisance, even for systems uninfected by any type of virus. In fact, the infected system generally belongs to someone else; the false notifications originate on the infected computer and are sent to the people listed in that machine's address book. Some people have been getting so frustrated at the high numbers of such e-mails that they have been dubbed "as annoying as spam".
Here is one good example, this is clearly a virus infected mail but I can assure that it is not from me @ mac-net.com :
From: Postmaster @ cyanit.co.uk
To: user @ mac-net.com
Subject: MDaemon Warning - Virus Found
The following message had attachment(s) which contained viruses:
From: info @ cyanit.co.uk
To: me @ mac-net.com
Subject : something for you
Date : Tue, 4 May 2004 19:23:16 +0100
Message-ID:
Attachment Virus name Action taken
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shower.htm.exe I-Worm.NetSky.b Removed
Here is a list of zombie "ping pong" servers:
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