> > 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.
I personally couldn't care less about doing generalized virus scanning. If you're unfortunate enough to use windows and don't bother to apply patches or a decent virus scanner on your client, that's your problem. I am however concerned about the constant load on my mail server dealing with the worm traffic from these klez/melissa/hybrid/etc. infections. Those are "Unsolicited Bulk EMail" in my book. The fact that they are a virus is really a side issue. I would not be interested in putting in rules for catching every pissant windows virus out there, however, if there were a provided set of rules (i.e. in a contrib section or similar) that would catch the headline-making-windows-worms stuff, that would be a great improvement. (I understand the reasons for not making SA into a general purpose virus scanner - and agree with them. Most of us I'd say are not asking for a general purpose one.) If you don't want to have them in the main distribution - that's fine, but instead of forcing all the SA users that want to do minimalist worm scanning to reinvent the wheel, stick some samples that work in a contrib area. -- Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ Nathan Neulinger EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Missouri - Rolla Phone: (573) 341-4841 Computing Services Fax: (573) 341-4216 _______________________________________________________________ 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
