Virus on Email Server itself?

[Glynn S. Condez]

the mailscanner informed you that there a virus in one of your emails.  if
you look at the attachments caught by mailscanner, its a double extensions
so virus scanner doesnt clean it. it only a rule of mailscanner.

cheers
--- Glynn ---



----- Original Message -----
From: "Domingo Genaro P. Tamayo" <domeng at STII.DOST.GOV.PH>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 2:23 PM
Subject: Virus on Email Server itself?


> Good Day
> Im just wondering why do our MAILER-DEAMON sends a virus infected email.
> Here's a sample email sent by Mailscanner. Is it possible that anti-virus
> engine doesn't clean that infected email?
> **START OF EMAIL******
> Subject: Warning: E-mail viruses detected   View Full Header
> View Printable Version
> From: "STII Mail Scanner" <postmaster at stii.dost.gov.ph>
> Date: Sat, September 14, 2002 5:36 pm
> To: <MAILER-DAEMON at stii.dost.gov.ph>
> Priority:  Normal
>
> Our virus detector has just been triggered by a message you sent:-
>   To: <mar at stii.dost.gov.ph>
>   Subject: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender -New Text Document
>   Date: Sat Sep 14 17:36:13 2002
> Any infected parts of the message have not been delivered.
>
> This message is simply to warn you that your computer system may have a
> virus present and should be checked.
>
> The virus detector said this about the message:
> Report: >>> Virus 'W32/Yaha-E' found in file ./g8E9YlCZ019838/New Text
> Document.jpg.pifShortcuts to MS-Dos programs are very dangerous in email
(New Text
> Document.jpg.pif)
>
> -------------------------------------
> STII E-mail Virus Protection Service
> postmaster at stii.dost.gov.ph
>
> **END OF EMAIL******
>
> Thanks and more power to Mailscanner.
>
> Domingo Genaro P. Tamayo
> SRS-I
> (STII-DOST PH)
>