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From: Jason Stokes
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 00:00

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In article <slrn798a7b.7qo.zebee@zipper.zip.com.au>, Zebee Johnstone
<zebee@zip.com.au> wrote:

>I don't know of any automatic mail scanner that's free that works on
>a unix mailhost and scans mail before it's downloaded.  That's cos
>the only people who need such a thing are working on DOS boxes.  They
>tend to be corporate types, meaning they pay....  Check www.datafellows.com
>for an example.

Incidently, I understand it's reasonably easy to create a polymorphic
virus which is undetectable by conventional checksum-based virus
scanning techniques... isn't it? 

So glad I'm using an OS that's almost totally immune to viruses.

-- 
Jason Stokes: jstok@bluedog.apana.org.au

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