On 2009-04-30 02:03, MrC wrote:
> I submitted what I considered to be a FP on
>
>    Phishing.Heuristics.Email.SpoofedDomain
>
>    Submission-ID: 7705854
>   

That submission id  is another sample you submitted on April 17th that
matches Email.Phishing.DblDom-59,
and it doesn't have anything about sears or harrahs-marketing inside it. 


>    Sender: Me
>    Submission notes: not a false positive
>    Added: No
>
> which was not considered a FP. 

It is in fact a message from this mailing list that discusses signatures,
and shows what a particular signature decodes to, no wonder it gets
matched by the signature it is discussing, thus it is not a false positive.


>  The code below is what triggered the 
> detection (I hope this passes the list and shows up correctly):
>
> <img src=3D"http://cbimages.ed4.net/harrahs/3991_226618.gif"; 
> width=3D"32=" height=3D"174" alt=3D""></td>
> <td><span style=3D"color:#000000; font-size:14px; font-family:Arial, 
> Helvetica, sans-serif">SEARS has the brand names everyone knows and 
> loves - from hardware to house wares to home electronics.  With over 
> 2,000 convenient locations nationwide, Sears has an incredible selection 
> with something for everyone!  For your convenience, you can also shop 
> online at <A 
> href=3D"http://click.harrahs-marketing.com/r/1U3JI8/AMAUN/MFBMAJ/IIDO12/UAEIL/E4/h?a=3DKEY=3D_urlid__-730367%26EDID=3D_edid__";
>  
> id=3D"link_12"><font color=3D"#000000">www.sears.com</font></a>.<br>
>   

This looks like submission ID 7884339, that wasn't processed yet.

> and debug output:
>
> LibClamAV debug: Phishcheck:Checking url 
> http://click.harrahs-marketing.com/r/1U3JI8/AMAUN/MFBMAJ/IIDO12/UAEIL/E4/h?a=KEY=_urlid__-730367%26EDID=_edid__->www.sears.com
> LibClamAV debug: Phishcheck:URL after cleanup: 
> http://click.harrahs-marketing.com->www.sears.com
> LibClamAV debug: Phishing: looking up in whitelist: 
> http://click.harrahs-marketing.com:www.sears.com; host-only:0
> LibClamAV debug: Phishcheck:host:.www.sears.com
> LibClamAV debug: Phishcheck:host:.click.harrahs-marketing.com
> LibClamAV debug: Phishing: looking up in whitelist: 
> .click.harrahs-marketing.com:.www.sears.com; host-only:1
> LibClamAV debug: Phishcheck: Phishing scan result: URLs are way too 
> different
> LibClamAV debug: found Possibly Unwanted: 
> Phishing.Heuristics.Email.SpoofedDomain
> virus-t3OEREsBZjFW: Phishing.Heuristics.Email.SpoofedDomain FOUND
>
> The redirector from harrahs-marketing.com to sears.com is not a surprise 
> to the reader as the preceding text clearly indicates "SEARS".  While 
> I'm no fan of advertisements, shouldn't this be considered for 
> whitelisting?  Does Clam seem a little simplistic and naive in its 
> SpoofedDomain phishing heuristic?
>   

We usually whitelist these.

Best regards,
--Edwin
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