-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 04 May 2002 03:26 am, Daniel Pittman wrote: > On Sat, 4 May 2002, LuKreme wrote: > > OK, I know SA is not an anti virus tool, and frankly I > > don't care about viruses anyway, but I am getting a lot of > > exe file attachements the last day or two > > [...] > > > I was surprised there wasn't a .exe rule or a > > application/octet-stream rule. > > Those two statements seem to contradict each other. Given > that you know that SpamAssassin is not a virus scanner, why > are you surprised when it fails to detect virus content?
Not necessarily. I've seen my share of spams (typically porno-spams) that include an .exe, which is not a virus. When you run it, it sets up a dial-up account for a pay-per-minute porn service. I've seen many users accidentally open these files out of habit. (I think they're ignoring the message and going straight for the attachment.) > If you want to filter these, try something that's designed > for the purpose. Correction: "If you want to filter [viruses], try something that's designed for the purpose." I feel that a rule to catch .exe attachments would be great. However, if this gets taken as far as blocking .vbs files, then you're treading into the realm of viruses. - -- Richie Laager Wikstrom Telecom Internet -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE809tsbfU6uV4fG84RAp9UAJoDgatMhQh/VzAG/3f+O3M2XXQjkwCfUQOU MXqrm8yEy5KosDowVdWKjPI= =uiz6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
