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From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 25 Jan 2010 16:35
David Kaye wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>> Why would you mention it was a Linux web host? That has nothing to
>> do with a PDF file some webmaster put there for you to download.
>
> Why did the machine allow an infected pdf to be transferred?

See my detailed answer in the other thread you also posed the question:
"Windroids without a life" in alt.comp.anti-virus

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-bts
-Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul
From: Dustin Cook on 25 Jan 2010 17:25
sfdavidkaye2(a)yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote in news:hjl0t2$6dh$3
@news.eternal-september.org:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous(a)example.invalid> wrote:
>
>>Why would you mention it was a Linux web host? That has nothing to do
>>with a PDF file some webmaster put there for you to download.
>
> Why did the machine allow an infected pdf to be transferred?

C'mon. It's really not upto the server imho, whether a file or whatever
should be monitored for things of that nature. In some cases, you don't
want the server doing anything aside from serving up material.


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"Is there anything in Guul Draz that doesn't suck the life out of you?"
- Tarsa, Sea Gate sell-sword.

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