-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 For those of you using amavis, the problem is also in check. For those who don't know, the idea behind sending a "zip bomb" is to overwelm your virus scanner by causing it to constantly open zip files when it attempts to scan one zip archive for viruses. I can't speak for all virus scanners but I can say that amavis (used to process mail) has a limit on how deap it will recurse in to archives. - --- Joseph C. Lininger jbahm at pcdesk.net - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Speakup List" <m11st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 8:37 AM Subject: RE: mail viruses > MailScanner 4.28.5 has the problem resolved. > Install MailScanner, and let it process your incoming mail and > password protected zipfiles that are harmful are blocked from going > into your mail queue. > > Steve Dawes > steve at leopard.yi.org > solution > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Kirk Reiser > > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 11:45 AM > > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > > Subject: Re: mail viruses > > > > > > It is a zip bomb which unpacks thousand of files to random > > directories on your drive and then sends itself to everyone in > > your address books. I do not know of a solution yet but there > > probably is one. > > > > I can't help but pointing out if you were using linux this > > couldn't happen to you! > > Kirk > > > > -- > > > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > > e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0.3 iQA/AwUBQEuvrSenap9Jqj2wEQIXwgCg96+TK0tK6TBbseolwaBVTLJtjD4An07u qWdecTQMK0IUbfDxCfemalJT =xy6P -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
