Subject: RE: Virus filter

From: Malcolm Tester <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:33:55 -0600

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David,

We use Exchange on the inside, so we have a Norton AV plug-in for email.  It
works beautifully.  If you don't have something like Exchange, many client
MUAs can also have a plug-in.  Norton and NAI both provide such a program.
It does mean spending money, but for the lack of headaches that come with
it, it is well worth it.  I just purchased some mroe Norton client licenses
the other day for about $22.00 each.  Not bad.  As long as you do the
live-update or whatever the program calls the method for updating virus
definition files on a regular basis, you'd be fine.

Malcolm Tester II

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Ted Keller [mailto:[email-masked]]
-> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 5:34 PM
-> To: David Hamm
-> Cc: [email-masked]
-> Subject: Re: Virus filter
-> 
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-> David,
-> 
-> I may have a partial fix...  My spam filters can be used to 
-> remove simple
-> viruses that have signitures in the subject, header, or text 
-> lines.  There
-> is also a sendmail add-on which was reported on bugtraq for removing
-> specific type of attachments from e-mail messages.  This 
-> could be used for
-> removing any .exe and the like.
-> 
-> Beyond that,  you may need to go into a commercial virus product for
-> further e-mail cleansing.
-> 
-> ted keller
-> 
-> 
-> On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, David Hamm wrote:
-> 
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-> > I'm running smap & smapd and am plagued with a number of 
-> email viruses on WinX
-> > clients.  Has anyone done any work on  developing email 
-> filters that would
-> > remove or disarm viruses.
-> > 
-> >  ---------------------------------
-> > David Hamm
-> > Systems Analyst
-> > Imaging Technologies Services Inc.
-> > email: [email-masked]
-> > voice: 404-870-6663
-> > ---------------------------------
-> > 
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