mailscanner is not processing virus mails of the same kind the same way

[Kim Schulz]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:09:23 +0100
Antony Stone <Antony at SOFT-SOLUTIONS.CO.UK> wrote:

> Well, that depends on the name of the attachment :)   If the
> attachment if called application.pif, then it will get marked as
> infected, and as a bad filetype.   If the attachment is called
> msg-982-17.txt then it won't be marked as a bad filetype, just
> infected.


but can sobig.F be both as a msg-.. and as a application.pif ?
same virus just found in different ways by mailscanner