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On the value of virus notificationsOn the value of virus notificationsPosted Aug 21, 2003 14:06 UTC (Thu) by jamesh (subscriber, #1159)In reply to: On the value of virus notifications by piman Parent article: On the value of virus notifications Well, there is a business case for fixing AV software. One of the sources modern mail worms use to pick the sender and recipient is the infected user's address book. This means that there is a non-trivial chance that if you receive a copy of the mail worm, you will have a "friend of a friend" relationship with the forged sender. They might even be one of your clients. If you have a choice between a well behaved piece of AV software and one that wrongly accuses your clients of spreading mail worms, which one are you going to pick?
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