Re: blocking MyDoom virus

[Bruce Sommer <bes-tenon666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I understand about the virus.list file.  I just wasn't sure if messages sent to
mailing lists end up in a temporary location where they can be scanned prior to
their being resent to the subscribers of that mailing list.  I imagine that
setting the mailing list priority to low would make it more probable for
messages to be scanned before being resent.  Of course, if Post.Office doesn't
work that way then I am SOL.

-Bruce-

On 1/29/04 at 12:21 joe@xxxxxxxxxxx (Joe Savelberg) stated:

>Bruce,
>
>The script only works on local mailbox directories and can't be used 
>to process out going e-mails.
>
>Maybe the file name "virus.list" was misleading as it has nothing to 
>do with mailing lists but rather contains a list of common virus 
>attachment names.
>
>Joe.
>
>
>>Does this script work in conjunction with mailing lists running on Post.Office
>>to prevent those mailing lists from sending out virus laden emails?
>>
>>-Bruce-
>>
>>On 1/28/04 at 3:36 joe@xxxxxxxxxxx (Joe Savelberg) stated:
>>
>>>Just a quick note to let you know that I updated the "virus.list"
>>>file for my anti-virus script. It now contains the most common
>>>attachment names of the MyDoom virus and can move those messages to
>>>the quarantine folder. Virex didn't catch too many of those viruses
>>>(probably because of the compression method) however the virus-list
>>>part caught more than 380 viruses in the last 24 hours.
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