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RE: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter..
From: "Jeroen Massar" <jeroen () unfix org>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 15:14:24 +0200
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Richard M. Smith wrote:
>>> The wetware could make better decisions is his M$ >>> Outlook actually told him he was running an .exe file >>> instead of looking at a .gif... My own view is that sending out executables as attached files to email messages regardless if the files are friendly or if they are malware is socially unacceptable. Just like smoking on a commercial airliner is now socially unacceptable. For programmers who need to send around executables, please ZIP them up first.
Hint for the new generation of virusmakers: Zip thou virii ;) Fortunatly real solutions for this problem like amavis simply unzip attachements though only upto a certain level. But you must be a really really stupid user if you are going to unzip a file 20 times just to see what is really in there. Then again making them think it includes some new hot pix of whoever is hot at that moment should do the trick and ofcourse we should take into account the huge stupid user factor. Greets, Jeroen -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: Unfix PGP for Outlook Alpha 13 Int. Comment: Jeroen Massar / jeroen () unfix org / http://unfix.org/~jeroen/ iQA/AwUBP0N0LymqKFIzPnwjEQLx6wCgpNNOV27rkRFod3DKpbZQaZhkjYMAnRWm by7qAcEzHoGdkji+KBF+f3F9 =UM7b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Len Rose (Aug 19)
- Re: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Stephen Clowater (Aug 19)
- Re: [Desperately OT] Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Raj Mathur (Aug 19)
- Re: [Desperately OT] Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Stephen Clowater (Aug 20)
- Re: [Desperately OT] Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Raj Mathur (Aug 19)
- Re: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Thor Larholm (Aug 19)
- Re: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Gary E. Miller (Aug 20)
- RE: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Scott Phelps / Dreamwright Studios (Aug 20)
- Re: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Thor Larholm (Aug 20)
- Re: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 20)
- RE: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Richard M. Smith (Aug 20)
- RE: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Jeroen Massar (Aug 20)
- RE: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Brent J. Nordquist (Aug 20)
- Re: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Gary E. Miller (Aug 20)
- RE: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Gary E. Miller (Aug 20)
- Re: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Stephen Clowater (Aug 19)
- Re: Re: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Nick FitzGerald (Aug 21)
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- RE: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Schmehl, Paul L (Aug 20)
- RE: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Nick FitzGerald (Aug 20)
- RE: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Paul Schmehl (Aug 20)
- Re: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 21)
- Re: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Nick FitzGerald (Aug 21)
- RE: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Dan Stromberg (Aug 21)
- RE: Administrivia: Testing Emergency Virus Filter.. Nick FitzGerald (Aug 20)