On 9/16/2004 5:51 PM +0200, Vladimir Potapov wrote:
Every day I have received about 30 email's with  pictures which have strange
names( for example sevwqwso.gif, iwhfetsn.gif, qfwecqtf.jpg) and
nonexistent's senders ([EMAIL PROTECTED],  [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Clamav don't
find any viruses in this email's .

Did you start receiving them 1-2 days ago? If so, they could be trying to exploit this new microsoft vuln.

http://secunia.com/advisories/12528/

Can Clamav find viruses in pictures?

Clamav scans what you tell it to scan. If something in a file matches a known pattern, clamav will detect.

Perhaps the jpegs are renamed pifs/exes/ect ?

Regards,
Niek Baakman
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