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Originally posted by Pathfinder
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Why can't the E-mail provider scan the E-mails before they are unloaded. Surely something can be done to put a stop to these things or at the least minimize the number of them being sent.
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Well...that would be like going to your local Post Office and asking them to sort out all your junk mail for you before they deliver it. If they threw out, say, a check from a sponsor on accident, talk about liability issues.
These boards have nothing to do with the spread of infected emails. Most virus infection is spread because of the design of the virus itself. It is MEANT to spread. Therefore, when you get one in your email, it is programmed to not only fuck up your world, but to send out an email to every single person in your address book with the virus itself as an attachment...and so on and so forth. Pretty simple really.
As far as hunting down these people and throwing them in jail? It's being done, but when you consider the sheer volume of new viri every day...well, that's just life. Irritating shit happens.
Here is a link to some information on virus creators getting busted...have fun.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Tech/Computer_Viruses
