Re: word doc spam

2009-06-05 Thread John Hardin
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Yet Another Ninja wrote: On 6/2/2009 7:55 PM, John Hardin wrote: Oh, sorry, I got that backwards checking for _not_ PHP... Never mind those last rules. The mailer is going to be easy to change (even randomly) in a spam tool. I'd suggest that it's not valid to check

word doc spam

2009-06-02 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
Hi all, Is there a rule to catch these messages with no body and a 550 bite word attachment? thx The only rule its triggering is the RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address

Re: word doc spam

2009-06-02 Thread John Hardin
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Is there a rule to catch these messages with no body and a 550 bite word attachment? Can you post a sample somewhere for us? -- John Hardin KA7OHZhttp://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/ jhar...@impsec.orgFALaholic #11174 pgpk

Re: word doc spam

2009-06-02 Thread McDonald, Dan
On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 09:10 -0400, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Hi all, Is there a rule to catch these messages with no body and a 550 bite word attachment? Yes, add the SaneSecurity clamav signatures. codling.rtf: Sanesecurity.Spam.10307.UNOFFICIAL FOUND Integration with spamassassin left as

RE: word doc spam

2009-06-02 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
Correction they are rtf not doc ftp://ftp.fcimail.org/IT/SA_Sample/shambling.rtf -Original Message- From: John Hardin [mailto:jhar...@impsec.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:47 AM To: Jean-Paul Natola Cc: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: word doc spam On Tue, 2 Jun

Re: word doc spam

2009-06-02 Thread John Hardin
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Dave Walker wrote: John Hardin wrote: On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Is there a rule to catch these messages with no body and a 550 bite word attachment? Can you post a sample somewhere for us? Hi, I assume he means the recent surge in rtf attachment

RE: word doc spam

2009-06-02 Thread John Hardin
: word doc spam On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Dave Walker wrote: John Hardin wrote: On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Is there a rule to catch these messages with no body and a 550 bite word attachment? Can you post a sample somewhere for us? Hi, I assume he means the recent surge in rtf

Re: word doc spam

2009-06-02 Thread Charles Gregory
Just to be sure that I'm thinking the right way about the 'no text body part' rule: If someone sends a 'normal' message, but elects to not type any text into the body, there *will* still be a mime 'text' section, and it will just be empty, right? So the 'no text body' would mean that the

Re: word doc spam

2009-06-02 Thread John Hardin
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Charles Gregory wrote: Just to be sure that I'm thinking the right way about the 'no text body part' rule: If someone sends a 'normal' message, but elects to not type any text into the body, there *will* still be a mime 'text' section, and it will just be empty, right? I

Re: word doc spam

2009-06-02 Thread Charles Gregory
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, John Hardin wrote: Well, any tool that's composing MIME messages can choose to omit a text body part if no text is available... (snip) In practice, we're only seeing it in spams. There may be false positives in some unusual situations, but it's not likely with legitimate

Re: word doc spam

2009-06-02 Thread LuKreme
On 2-Jun-2009, at 07:10, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Is there a rule to catch these messages with no body and a 550 bite word attachment? I reject .doc attachments since they can carry macro virus payloads. -- We will fight for Bovine Freedom and hold our large heads high We will run free

RE: Word Doc spam

2006-08-11 Thread Chris Santerre
Title: RE: Word Doc spam -Original Message- From: Rob Poe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 5:40 PM To: Kenneth Porter; users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: Word Doc spam I got one of these too... Kenneth Porter [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/8/2006

Re: Word Doc spam

2006-08-11 Thread Ken A
Chris Santerre wrote: -Original Message- From: Rob Poe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 5:40 PM To: Kenneth Porter; users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: Word Doc spam I got one of these too... Kenneth Porter [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/8/2006 8:07 AM

Re: Word Doc spam

2006-08-11 Thread Jose Celestino
Words by Chris Santerre [Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 12:12:41PM -0400]: ... I'd always thought that it would be nice for the Open Office people to create a simple command-line utility to convert Word files to plain text for spam checking. Or it could strip any macros for virus

RE: Word Doc spam

2006-08-11 Thread Chris Santerre
Title: RE: Word Doc spam Are there other subjects, or just these two: Bill Summary - Invoice #. August Payment Summary, Invoice #. I'm only seeing those 2. But you can't really right a rue for just that without major FPs. Going to have to meta with another sign. --Chris

Re: Word Doc spam

2006-08-10 Thread Rob Poe
I got one of these too... Kenneth Porter [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/8/2006 8:07 AM --On Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:27 AM +0200 Patrick Sneyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Received in my .mac (basically a spam bin) account. http://www.triksys.be/docspam.jpg = screenshot of word doc attached. Neer

Word Doc spam

2006-08-08 Thread Patrick Sneyers
Received in my .mac (basically a spam bin) account.http://www.triksys.be/docspam.jpg = screenshot of word doc attached.Neer seen this beforeIs this new, or old news?211.16.219.135 is in all kinds of blacklists though.Patrick SneyersBelgiumVan: Robert Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED]Datum: 8

Re: Word Doc spam

2006-08-08 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:27 AM +0200 Patrick Sneyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Received in my .mac (basically a spam bin) account. http://www.triksys.be/docspam.jpg = screenshot of word doc attached. Neer seen this before Is this new, or old news? 211.16.219.135 is in all kinds of

Re: Word Doc spam

2006-08-08 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Kenneth Porter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I was surprised to see one of these as well. I'd always thought that it would be nice for the Open Office people to create a simple command-line utility to convert Word files to plain text for spam checking. man antiword -- Ralf Hildebrandt (i.A. des

Re: Word Doc spam

2006-08-08 Thread jdow
From: Ralf Hildebrandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Kenneth Porter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I was surprised to see one of these as well. I'd always thought that it would be nice for the Open Office people to create a simple command-line utility to convert Word files to plain text for spam checking. man

RE: Word Doc spam

2006-08-08 Thread Bret Miller
From: Ralf Hildebrandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Kenneth Porter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I was surprised to see one of these as well. I'd always thought that it would be nice for the Open Office people to create a simple command-line utility to convert Word files to plain text for spam

Re: Word Doc spam

2006-08-08 Thread Mark Martinec
From: Ralf Hildebrandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] man antiword No manual entry for antiword Looks really useful and straightforward, thanks Ralf! In the FreeBSD ports collection it comes under: textproc/antiword or fetch it from its home site: http://www.winfield.demon.nl/ Mark

Re: Word Doc spam

2006-08-08 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:01 AM +0200 Mark Martinec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the FreeBSD ports collection it comes under: textproc/antiword or fetch it from its home site: http://www.winfield.demon.nl/ Cool. What's involved in integrating this into SA? Can the image plugin