Email Vulnerabilities

[David Sullivan]

On 24 Sep 2002 at 12:54, Glynn S. Condez wrote:

> Hi guys, I just updated my mailscanner from 3.22-7 to 3.23-1 and what I have
> found out is the speed, its more faster now and the the vulnerability test
> from GFI doesn't work anyone.
>
> One thing I am wondering with, why does this eicar.com gfi test email goes
> to my outlook express deleted items with a modified subject {VIRUS?}
> eicar.com [1/5] up to [5/5] and theres no warning message in the body and
> the attachment is intact with the filename eicar.com. im just wondering
> about this.
>
> Also, I am using Sophos and I got this message in my console "Useful life of
> SWEEP has beed exceeded" does the Sophos doesn't work anymore?
>

Sophos anti-virus must be updated at least every three months either
from the file on the CD sent to you or by downloading it from the
Sophos website. This message is a warning that your copy of Sophos
more than 3 months old and it *will not* detect the latest viruses.

See:

http://www.sophos.com/support/faqs/ide.html#3.3
3.3. Why doesn't Sophos supply virus identities (IDEs) for versions
of Sophos Anti-Virus more than three months old?

David.
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David Sullivan        IT Services, Barnet College, London
David.Sullivan at barnet.ac.uk        020 8275 5036

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