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Date:      Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:25:06 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To:        David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Virus scanning
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10107251324420.17711-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010725120115.A10409@grumpy.dyndns.org>

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A sendmail util should be able to just deal with any email where there is
a pattern match.  Its just gettin the patterns that Im having trouble
with.

On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, David Kelly wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 12:04:39PM -0400, Stephen Hovey wrote:
> > 
> > I wrote a wedge into mail.local to filter (drop) infected emails - is
> > there any known place on the net where email viruses and their patterns
> > are listed/maintained?  I just keep adding the ones I see come thru my
> > system, but it would be nice to have a more complete set.
> 
> Was thinking along those lines last night. Am building inflex right now
> to see what it offers (/usr/ports/security/inflex/) and hints for
> malicious files.
> 
> Years ago the best antivirus scanner for the Mac was the freeware
> Disinfectant. Would want any virus scanner to be able to scan for
> multiplatform baddies.
> 
> -- 
> David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
> =====================================================================
> The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its
> capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
> 


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