On Mon, 2013-09-16 at 15:40 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > On 9/15/2013 11:24 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote: > > On Sun, 2013-09-15 at 23:27 +0530, Blason rock wrote: > >> I agree an wouldnt harm if I disable it as my smtp scanning is definitely > >> running fine. What I was thinking about is does imap and pop3 AS scanning > >> only needed for ISP kindaa environment? Since I do run small setup I know > >> all my users are trusted and have AV running on their desktops. So they > >> wont spam my mail server internally. > >> > > If some of your users are using Windows-based systems there is a small > > chance that a zero-day exploit could infect those machines and, of > > course, if any of their outgoing mail originates from a mobile device, > > there's a rather higher malware risk since AV packages still seem to be > > fairly rare on that kit. > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > > > > This is rare? > > http://www.avast.com/free-mobile-security > http://www.symantec-norton.com/Norton_Mobile_Security_2012_p116.aspx > http://www.avg.com/us-en/antivirus-free-for-tablets > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wsandroid.suite&hl=en > Do many people use AV on mobiles or are they ignored because they slow the phone down and eat battery? I've somehow got that impression. I wouldn't know from personal experience since I have no use for a smartphone.
In any case my point is still valid: if somehow the OP's users pass outgoing mail from a phone or tablet through his MTA then there's a fair chance that one or more of those devices will be infected if it has no AV installed. Martin
