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to: WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
from: ROBERT SAYRE
date: 2003-02-27 22:27:00
subject: Re: PnP Monitor?

-> Why don't  ISP's burn anti-virus and worm software into a PROM
-> and screen traffic for this malicious code?
-> For the price they charge you'd think they could offer
-> a clean product.

TW>  Becasue they would to have to almost Re-Burn the PROM's Every DAY!!!

WC> They do lots of things every day and an automated burn of
WC> an EPROM hardly seems too much trouble.
WC> AAMOF I would think it would lessen the burden on their lines
WC> and satellites from all the malicious traffic generated by trojans
WC> with their own SMTP that read ones address book.
WC> I thought I got hit recently due to the enormous amount
WC> of malicious attachments on my mail but it turned out
WC> someone with my name in their address book had been infected.

 Why PROM's?

 Robert

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