I don't understand your point. I run a Mac. I don't care for _any_ .exes period.
therefore I'm loading the antivirus plugin in order to make use of check_microsoft_executable rule. However that rule doesn't fire if the attacker is disguising the .exe with a non sensical content type primarily because the code currently assumes it wouldn't happen. Q. Why do you keep talking about Spam Assassin not being an anti virus tool... I never said it was I'm simply enabling the plugin to get the rule to fire. Quoting "John D. Hardin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Robert Nicholson wrote: > > > Any plans to change this? It's obviously an area where the spammer > > has found a way to work around the rule. > > SA is not an antivirus tool, and an attached executable is not spam, > it is a security attack. > > If you're not willing to run a traditional virus scanner, may I > suggest this as an alternative for attachment policy enforcement: > > http://www.impsec.org/email-tools/procmail-security.html > > -- > John Hardin KA7OHZ ICQ#15735746 http://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] FALaholic #11174 pgpk -a [EMAIL PROTECTED] > key: 0xB8732E79 - 2D8C 34F4 6411 F507 136C AF76 D822 E6E6 B873 2E79 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Windows and its users got mentioned at home today, after my wife the > psych major brought up Seligman's theory of "learned helplessness." > -- Dan Birchall in a.s.r > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
