On Nov 29, 2011 8:25 PM, "Vinícius Ferrão" <viniciusfer...@cc.if.ufrj.br> wrote: > > Agreed. > > Filtering Windows executables will only make the system admin to be recognized as an asshole and windows-hater. > > On Nov 29, 2011, at 10:11 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > On Mon, November 28, 2011 7:27 pm, MiÈ™u Moldovan wrote: > > <SNIPPED> > >> Also, a good idea is to block > >> extensions such as exe, pif, bat (in zip files also) before scanning > >> for viruses (if such a scan is really needed). > > > > I disagree. There are valid reasons to send "*.exe" and "*.bat" files via > > email. Braindead filters on extensions only cause problems. > >
With my current setup, I already block .exe, .pif, .com, .lnk, .scr, and their ilks. But I do allow .zip and .rar, though. Rgds,
