-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Anne,
@9-Nov-2002, 02:52 Anne [A] in mid:15812217495.20021109025228@;gmx.co.uk said: MDP>> The limit has been 40kb and I have just dropped it to 25kb MDP>> (which should be enough for most of us). That wouldn't have MDP>> stopped the eicar test (at on 3kb it's pretty lean) but it MDP>> would stop a real virus. A> Ermmmmm Marck I hate to disillusion you, but 25kb is plenty big A> enough to allow some viruses through :-( Whereas most of the A> recent ones have been fixed size and larger e.g. we've seen A> Bugbear 50kb, Opasoft 120kb, Roron 115kb, etc, or variable, e.g. A> Klez, there are those which are smaller - e.g. Duksten at 10kb, A> Sponge at 14.3kb and Ramidle/Ramlide at 18kb would all slip A> under the limit you have fixed. I'd hate for anyone to be lulled A> into a false sense of security because they believe that viruses A> don't come that small. My bad. I didn't realize they come so small. The smallest infected message I've ever received was around 87kb. - -- Cheers -- .\\arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v1.62/Beta7 on Windows 2000 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 ' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1rc1-nr1 (Windows 2000) iD8DBQE9zHlQOeQkq5KdzaARAjy0AKCk8OelPyG8wISVEBuiWI0raLzviQCfW6gx /abTbhBsupUHB1BCK7MgKUQ= =4mtb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
