Hi Johannes, on Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:07:03 +0100GMT, you wrote:
JMP> On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 16:43:37 +0100, Peter Meyns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I just found that the mailing list server doesn't accept a virus text >> string in the body (tried Eicar), which I consider a very good thing. >> Thank you, Johannes! :-) JMP> 2004-11-21 16:05:29 1CVtHN-0003c1-0v H=moutng.kundenserver.de JMP> [212.227.126.171] F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> rejected after DATA: This message JMP> contains malware (Eicar-Test-Signature) Yes, exactly, that's the one I meant. >> But how about a virus code coming with a different character set? I'm >> just curious... ;-) JMP> It seems neither our ClamAV nor your providers JMP> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0447-1, 19.11.2004), Outbound message JMP> X-Antivirus-Status: Clean JMP> caught it. ;-) Strictly speaking, this is not a problem because the JMP> antivirus usually only scans (MIMEd) attachments. When copying the JMP> EICAR virus test code, your local antivirus will warn you. Yes, that's what I thought. I don't really believe, someone will try to distribute virus codes via ROT13, nor that someone on these lists might be interested in receiving them. It was a rather academically thought of mine... ;-) -- Cheers Peter The Bat! v3.0.2.7 on Win2K, SP4, 5, 0, build 2195, AMD Athlon 2200+ at 1800MHz, 512 MB RAM ________________________________________________________ http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
