.bmp files..

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Thu Sep 14 09:01:32 IST 2006


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Denis Beauchemin wrote:
> Martin Hepworth a écrit :
>> All
>> given .bmp files still seem  to be blocked but the filename rules on 
>> a default MS install, how many people have disables this check as 
>> alot of people seem to send great big bmps as part of their signatures?
>>
>> I get quite a lot of FP's and was seriously contemplating turning 
>> this rule off.
>>
> I never turned it on... was relying on our AV to block the bad ones... 
> and had no infections because of it.
>
> Denis
>
I would advise disabling that rule, the vulnerability which caused me to 
add it was fixed quite a long time ago.

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