thanks, anyone know of a site that lists the counts of attachment types used as virus carriers? I have been banning exe's and zip's and now am wondering about lifting the zip ban...
On Tuesday, July 20, 2004 8:29 AM, R. Scott Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>For a while there there were new zip file viruses being released. Have >>they slowed down? I still ban zips just for protection between virus def >>updates. >> >>Are you saying that there are few zip viruses and mostly ezips? If there >>are few regular zips then I'd think about removing the ban... > >I'm saying that if your virus definitions are up-to-date, a virus in an >E-mail with a .ZIP file attachment (that is not encrypted) will be detected >(no matter what version of Declude Virus you are running). > >The problem is that a lot of people seem to think that viruses in .ZIP >files aren't detected -- but they are. .ZIP files are a bit unique, >because of the encrypted ones (which need to be blocked, since viruses >can't accurately be detected in them). But aside from the fact that they >can be encrypted, they are no different than .EXE files -- viruses will be >detected in unencrypted .ZIP files just as easily as they are detected in >.EXE files. > >So the only reason to ban .ZIP files is if you ban .EXE and other files >(which helps protect you against future viruses between the time they are >released and virus definitions are updated, but at the cost of making it >difficult to transfer files). > > -Scott >--- >Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers >since 2000. >Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in mailserver >vulnerability detection. >Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day >evaluation. > >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus >(http://www.declude.com)] > >--- >This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To >unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and >type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found >at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
