TestVirus.org - Empty MIME Boundary Vulnerability

Jim Scott jscott at INFOCONEX.COM
Fri Jul 30 17:23:12 IST 2004


Not sure if anyone has used this but test #23 does not get detected by
MailScanner. Running version MailScanner-4.32.4-1

Here is the contents of the email it sent -- How do I protect against this?

This message was sent to you because you or someone you know is testing your
mail server's virus scanner at:  http://www.testvirus.org
This test message contains: Test #23: Eicar virus within zip file hidden
using the "Empty MIME Boundary Vulnerability" (attachment can be opened by
all versions of Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express)
If your mail server's virus scanner did not detect this email, it allows
some viruses through!  Please note: This test message uses the EICAR test
virus, which is completely benign and contains no viral code.  For more
information see:  http://www.eicar.org
This free test has been provided to you by Excedent Technologies
(http://www.excedent.com) and Webmail.us (http://www.webmail.us)

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