MailScanner issue not detecting MyDoom-0 [Re: nested .zip containing bad files not being caught]

[Rob Rooken]

Thanks a lot mariano, I have 4.28.6 here, do you think I can use your
4.29.7 for that?

rob

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Mariano Absatz
> Sent: dinsdag 27 juli 2004 18:25
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: MailScanner issue not detecting MyDoom-0 [Re:
> nested .zip containing bad files not being caught]
>
>
> On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:20:28 +0100, Julian Field
> <mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> > The problem isn't quite as you have been describing it, but
> it causes
> > the symptom you are seeing.
> > Attached is a new Message.pm. Sorry I haven't got a patch
> but this is
> > at short notice and I can't get my VPN connection to stay
> up for more
> > than 2 minutes at a time through this hotel's network.
> >
>
> Julian,
>
> once again, thanx a LOT for the speed at which you resolve things...
> even being abroad and with bad access.
>
> I just generated a patch for version 4.31.6 (from which your
> Message.pm came from) and also managed to back-port it to
> 4.29.7 which I have installed in several places.
>
> This last one I'm testing and its working OK, detecting these
> zip within zip viruses that yesterday passed thru.
>
> The patches are at http://baby.com.ar/MailScanner/zipWzip/
> for anyone to use (at their own risk, of course)
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Mariano Absatz - El Baby
> el (dot) baby (AT) gmail (dot) com
> el (punto) baby (ARROBA:@) gmail (punto) com
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